What is CVE-2016-0793?

CVE-2016-0793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-0793?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-0793 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2016-0793

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the servlet filter restriction mechanism in WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) before 10.0.0.Final on Windows allows remote attackers to read the sensitive files in the (1) WEB-INF or (2) META-INF directory via a request that contains (a) lowercase or (b) "meaningless" characters.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.156 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Redhat Jboss_wildfly_application_server — versions 10.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0793?: CVE-2016-0793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-0793?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-0793 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.