CVE•Published 2017-02-13•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-5803Ca_technologies · Unified_infrastructure_management
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.6
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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
Published 2017-02-13
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-5803Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Ca Technologies Unified Infrastructure Management"All exposed Ca Technologies Unified Infrastructure Management instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Unified Infrastructure Management"HTTP body or banner mentions "Unified Infrastructure Management" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-5803Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-5803Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-5803Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-5803GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-5803" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.