CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5803
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Affected configurations
• ca technologies unified infrastructure management (<= 8.47)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94243 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-315-01 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20161109-01-security-notice-for-ca-unified-infrastructure-mgmt.html www.ca.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94243 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-315-01 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20161109-01-security-notice-for-ca-unified-infrastructure-mgmt.html www.ca.com