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CVE-2016-5725 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.html CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115 CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
jcraft jsch
<= 0.1.53

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:jcraft:jsch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5725
NVD Published Date:
Jan 19, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]