CVE-2016-6255
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-6255
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-03-07T16:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-11-03T01:29:03
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libupnp_project:libupnp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.6.20 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/ | |
| https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6255 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6255 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:12:48 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 14:27:26 | 2017-03-07T16:59Z | 2017-03-07T16:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 14:27:26 | 2017-11-03T01:29:03 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 14:27:26 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |