Vulnerability in Oracle Netbeans
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.
EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Oracle Netbeans — versions 8.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5537?
- CVE-2016-5537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Netbeans. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2016-10-25.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5537?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.