Medium severity · published Apr 12, 2016
CVE-2016-3168
The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run…
6.4
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run files with arbitrary JSON-encoded content, aka a "reflected file download vulnerability."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; +34 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3168
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
Patch
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
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