CVE-2016-4004

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Published 2016-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

4.9

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the file parameter to ViewFile.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

59%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39486 webapps windows verified

hantwister · 2016-02-23

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 8.2 - (Authenticated) Directory Traversal

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dell	openmanage_server_administrator	`8.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.