CVE-2016-5765
What it is
Administrative Server in Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) and Reflection for the Web (RWeb) and Reflection Security Gateway (RSG) and Reflection ZFE (ZFE) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted URL that allows limited directory traversal. Applies to MSS 12.3 before 12.3.326 and MSS 12.2 before 12.2.342 and RSG 12.1 before 12.1.362 and RWeb 12.3 before 12.3.312 and RWeb 12.2 before 12.2.342 and RWeb 12.1 before 12.1.362 and ZFE 2.0.1 before 2.0.1.18 and ZFE 2.0.0 before 2.0.0.52 and ZFE 1.4.0 before 1.4.0.14.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 2.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-22 · Path traversal
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microfocus Host Access Management And Security Server 12.2
- Microfocus Host Access Management And Security Server 12.3
- Microfocus Reflection For The Web 12.1
- Microfocus Reflection For The Web 12.2
- Microfocus Reflection For The Web 12.3
- Microfocus Reflection Security Gateway 12.1
- Microfocus Reflection Zfe 1.4.0.14
- Microfocus Reflection Zfe 2.0.0.52
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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