Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-16716
A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.445
EPSS Ranking 97.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.1
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2018-16716
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cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:2.2.26