Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16716
CVE-2018-16716
Description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.
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References
1- github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
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