What is CVE-2016-10106?

CVE-2016-10106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Fvs318gv2, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-10106?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Netgear Fvs318gv2

CVE-2016-10106

Directory traversal vulnerability in scgi-bin/platform.cgi on NETGEAR FVS336Gv3, FVS318N, FVS318Gv2, and SRX5308 devices with firmware before 4.3.3-8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the thispage parameter, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.024 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10106?: CVE-2016-10106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Fvs318gv2, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-10106?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.