Medium severity · published Jan 19, 2017
CVE-2016-5725
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 ..\…
5.9
CVSS
24.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)24.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JS
Jsch · Jcraft
through 0.1.53 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5725
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5725
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53
Release Notes
http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLog
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725