VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-5725
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability24.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry