VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-10106

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in scgi-bin/platform.cgi on NETGEAR FVS336Gv3, FVS318N, FVS318Gv2, and SRX5308 devices with firmware before 4.3.3-8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the thispage parameter, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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