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CVE-2016-5725
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP…
Medium5.9EPSS 24.1%
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.1% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.jcraft:jschGHSA-q446-82vq-w674 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- 20160921 CVE-2016-5725 - JCraft/JSch Java Secure Channel <= 0.1.53 recursive sftp-get path traversal (client-side, windows) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 93100 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 40411 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200425 [SECURITY] [DLA 2184-1] jsch security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-q446-82vq-w674 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .