CVE-2016-3972

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

18/04/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.70 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

2.70

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None