CVE-2016-5803
An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software…
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- icscert
Description
An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
- CA Unified Infrastructure Management Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
Affected products
CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.47 and earlier
- affected CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.47 and earlier
References (3)
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-315-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 94243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20161109-01-security-notice-for-ca-unified-infrastructure-mgmt.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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