CVE-2016-5537 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a directory traversal flaw in NetBeans to write arbitrary files via malicious ZIP archives, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5537?
CVE-2016-5537 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5537?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Netbeans.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5537?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2016-5537 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5537 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5537, GHSA-796c-c9w7-xqff, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5537.