CVE-2016-6255

high-risk

Published 2017-03-07

Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.

Do I need to act?

54.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 46% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

40589

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Debian Linux

Libupnp

Affected Vendors

Libupnp Project Debian

References (20)

Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050

Issue Tracking https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972...

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52

Release Notes https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog

Third Party Advisory https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10