Administrative Server in Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) and Reflection for the Web (RWeb) and Reflection Secu…

Published 9 y ago 2016-11-29 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.2%

percentile 83%

Public exploits

none known

Administrative Server in Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) and Reflection for the Web (RWeb) and Reflection Security Gateway (RSG) and Reflection ZFE (ZFE) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted URL that allows limited directory traversal. Applies to MSS 12.3 before 12.3.326 and MSS 12.2 before 12.2.342 and RSG 12.1 before 12.1.362 and RWeb 12.3 before 12.3.312 and RWeb 12.2 before 12.2.342 and RWeb 12.1 before 12.1.362 and ZFE 2.0.1 before 2.0.1.18 and ZFE 2.0.0 before 2.0.0.52 and ZFE 1.4.0 before 1.4.0.14.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

n/a Micro Focus MSS, RWeb, ZFE, RSG 1.x, 2.x, 12.x

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

support.attachmate.com /techdocs/1704.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-16-618 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/94579 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-5765
NVD: CVE-2016-5765

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