ID CVE-2016-4253 Type cve Reporter cve@mitre.org Modified 2017-08-16T01:29:00
Description
The Backup functionality in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
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