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CVE-2016-6038

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887

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