CVE-2016-8017

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

14/03/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

Special element injection vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows authenticated remote attackers to read files on the webserver via a crafted user input.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 4.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x

4.10

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

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