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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-5725
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows,...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.html
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725
- http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLog
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Affected Vendor
jcraft
View all reports →Affected Software
jsch
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 19th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.