Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5970

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.

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Affected products

IBM/Security Privileged Identity Manager
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.0.2
IBM/Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliancellm-fuzzy
Range: <2.0.2 FP8

Patches

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References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93080nvd

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