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CVE-2016-6255

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.

Published

2017-03-07T16:59:00.743

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Application	libupnp_project	libupnp	≤ 1.6.20	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52 ([email protected])
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/ ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)