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CVE-2016-6038
Directory traversal vulnerability in Eclipse Help in IBM Tivoli Lightweight Infrastructure (aka LWI), as used in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1,…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.7%
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- ibm
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Eclipse Help in IBM Tivoli Lightweight Infrastructure (aka LWI), as used in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 93180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1036887 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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