CVE-2016-9878

Published: Dec 29, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

pivotal software

commercial·USaka pivotal

spring frameworkLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

vmware

commercial·USaka vmware inc

spring frameworkLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.springframework:spring-webmvc

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

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References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

oracle.com

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

oracle.com

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

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