CVE-2016-5725

moderate-risk
Published 2017-01-19

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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27.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 72% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 22/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal