7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-9878
Pivotal Spring Framework Path Traversal Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 29, 2016, 9:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-9878 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9878 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 Vmware spring_framework
1 Pivotal_software spring_framework
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Java

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 5, 2024, 7:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.

Cyber Securiy MOOC Unsecure project

Java HTML

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 29, 2019, 12:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 70 different CVEs too.

None

Java HTML

Updated: 7 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 13, 2017, 5:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-9878 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9878 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html
    Added Reference https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878 No Types Assigned https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9878 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

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

0.37 }} 0.03%

score

0.72409

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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