CVE-2016-5946
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity...
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.
- Record
CVE-2016-5946- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.
- Record
CVE-2016-5946- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6880 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6880- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hvxp-vjvv-fvr5
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity...
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) 5.2.x before 5.2.11 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URL.
- Record
GHSA-hvxp-vjvv-fvr5- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-5946 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Spectrum Control, published September 26, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.63%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.