CVE-2016-5537

5.7 MEDIUM
Published: October 25, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.7 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
31th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

oracle