CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9878

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5 related to improper sanitization of paths provided to the ResourceServlet, leading to directory traversal attacks.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to system files, potentially leading to the exposure of sensitive data or system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Pivotal Spring Framework to the latest version to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS