Path Traversal in Brocade Network Advisor

CVE-2016-8205

A Directory Traversal vulnerability in DashboardFileReceiveServlet in the Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 could allow remote attackers to upload a malicious file in a section of the file system where it can be executed.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.130 (96.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-8205: held from 0.130 to 0.130.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.130 · newest: 0.130 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Brocade Network Advisor
  • Brocade Network Advisor Versions Released Prior To And Including 14.0.2 — versions Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8205?
CVE-2016-8205 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2016-8205?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-8205 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.