CVE-2016-6232

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-08-02 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b28ec543290073919a2d177c5157edf36d428608a3f03fdc93d4698f4d3cc3e1

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160716 Re: CVE Request for KNewStuff/KArchive issuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• quickgit.kde.orghttps://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kde.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1884http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com91806http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3643http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2223http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160716 CVE Request for KNewStuff/KArchive issuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3042-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4100-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU