CVE-2016-9164

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in diag.jsp file in CA Unified Infrastructure Management (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor) 8.4 SP1 and earlier and CA Unified Infrastructure Management Snap (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

CA Technologies Unified Infrastructure Management: through 8.4

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139661/CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management-Bypass-Traversal-Disclosure.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/55
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94257
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-607
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
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139661/CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management-Bypass-Traversal-Disclosure.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/55
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94257
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-607
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

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