5.9med

CVE-2016-57251 exploit

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in JCraft JSch

Also known as GHSA-q446-82vq-w674

Published 9 y ago · modified 58 d ago · JSON

CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
24.1%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

24.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40411 JCraft/JSch Java Secure Channel 0.1.53 - Recursive sftp-get Directory Traversal · dos · 2016-09-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavencom.jcraft:jsch
<0.1.54
0.1.54

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/93100 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3115 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40411/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • jcraft.com /jsch/ChangeLog · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /security-alerts/cpujan2021.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5725 · advisory
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40411 · web

Sources

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