Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6038

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/Aix3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pconsole_mitigation.ascnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93180nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036887nvd

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