Path Traversal Vulnerability in NCBI ToolBox Allows Arbitrary File Access and Deletion

CVE-2018-16716 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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