CVE-2016-6255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.56733.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Libupnp Project	Libupnp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libupnp_project:libupnp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-597-1	libupnp security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3736-1	libupnp security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-4794-1	libupnp vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050
https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-07T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.813Z

Reserved: 2016-07-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6255

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-07T16:59:00.743

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6255

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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