VDB
CVE-2016-6255
CVE-2016-6255
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 26.62% · 97.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
26.62%
97.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libupnp | 0, 1:1.6.17-1.2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | libupnp | 1:1.6.19+git20141001-1, 1:1.6.19+git20141001-1ubuntu1, 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 1, 2013 PoC Published
- Oct 21, 2016 PoC Published
- Mar 7, 2017 CVE Published
- Jun 13, 2019 VulnCheck KEV Exploitation
- Dec 1, 2020 VulnCheck KEV Exploitation
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6255 third-party-advisory
- https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6255 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4794-1 vendor-advisory