{"id":"CVE-2018-16716","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16716","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:12:24.846Z","title":"A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query…","description":"A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.","published":"2019-05-02T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["nih/ncbi toolbox"],"epss":{"score":0.0857,"percentile":0.95043,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.04397,"percentile":0.90899},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.0857,"percentile":0.94824}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16716","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}