CVE-2016-2933
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote...
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
- Record
CVE-2016-2933- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
- Record
CVE-2016-2933- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4006 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4006- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r8m3-47wj-g6r4
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote...
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
- Record
GHSA-r8m3-47wj-g6r4- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2933 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Ibm Bigfix Remote Control, published November 30, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.76%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.