CVE-2016-5537

Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is a directory traversal vulnerability which allows local users with certain permissions to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in a archive entry in a ZIP file imported as a project.

CVSS v3.0

5.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0

4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62th percentile

Published

2016-10-25

Updated

2024-10-10

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.h…
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-5434
• CVE-2016-5636
• CVE-2016-5431
• CVE-2016-5639
• CVE-2016-5425
• CVE-2016-5640