4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-9462
Nextcloud OwnCloud Restore Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 are not properly verifying restore privileges when restoring a file. The restore capability of Nextcloud/ownCloud was not verifying whether a user has only read-only access to a share. Thus a user with read-only access was able to restore old versions.

INFO

Published Date :

March 28, 2017, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9462 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Owncloud owncloud
1 Nextcloud nextcloud_server
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9462.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97285 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/1208953ba1d4d55a18a639846bbcdd66a2d5bc5e Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/23383080731d092e079986464a8c4c9ffcb79f4c Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/3b056fa68ce502ceb0db9b446dab3b9e7b10dd13 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/c93eca49c32428ece03dd67042772d5fa62c8d6e Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/d31720b6f1e8c8dfeb5e8805ab35ad7c8000b2f1 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/146067 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-005 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-015 Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9462 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-275
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97285 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97285 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.0.51 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.0.13 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.1.8 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.2.6 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.0.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.0.52 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.0.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97285 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/c93eca49c32428ece03dd67042772d5fa62c8d6e No Types Assigned https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/c93eca49c32428ece03dd67042772d5fa62c8d6e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/d31720b6f1e8c8dfeb5e8805ab35ad7c8000b2f1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/d31720b6f1e8c8dfeb5e8805ab35ad7c8000b2f1 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-015 No Types Assigned https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-015 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/23383080731d092e079986464a8c4c9ffcb79f4c No Types Assigned https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/23383080731d092e079986464a8c4c9ffcb79f4c Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/1208953ba1d4d55a18a639846bbcdd66a2d5bc5e No Types Assigned https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/1208953ba1d4d55a18a639846bbcdd66a2d5bc5e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-005 No Types Assigned https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-005 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/146067 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/146067 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/3b056fa68ce502ceb0db9b446dab3b9e7b10dd13 No Types Assigned https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/3b056fa68ce502ceb0db9b446dab3b9e7b10dd13 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud:9.0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:8.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:8.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:8.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.00%

score

0.47917

percentile

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