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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (62.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Netbeans — versions 8.1
References
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051 (vdb-entry)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversa… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
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.