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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.springframework/spring-core/CVE-2016-9878
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.springframework/spring-core/CVE-2016-9878
Aliases CVE-2016-9878
GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w
Summary Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework/spring-core/CVE-2016-9878.yml
cvssv3 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework/spring-core/CVE-2016-9878.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9878
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072
1040698 Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698
cpuapr2018-3678067.html Other http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
cpujan2018-3236628.html Other http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
cpujul2018-4258247.html Other http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
cpujul2019-5072835.html Other https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
ntap-20180419-0002 Other https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework/spring-core/CVE-2016-9878.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework/spring-core/CVE-2016-9878.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

There are no SSVC decisions available.