THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16716
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16716

Ncbi Toolbox vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Nih
Affected product
Ncbi Toolbox
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-05-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-16716

  • Confirm whether Nih Ncbi Toolbox is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-16716.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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