CVE-2016-9491 (GCVE-0-2016-9491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
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Summary
ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 before build 13690 allows an authenticated user, who is able to access /register.do page (most likely limited to administrator), to browse the filesystem and read the system files, including Applications Manager configuration, stored private keys, etc. By default Application Manager is running with administrative privileges, therefore it is possible to access every directory on the underlying operating system.
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ManageEngine Applications Manager Affected: 12
Affected: 13
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Thanks to Lukasz Juszczyk for reporting this vulnerability.
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