CVE-2016-10106
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://kb.netgear.com/30739/Path-Traversal-Attack-Security-Vulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95204
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037548
- https://twitter.com/mantislesin/status/816618162770821120
- http://kb.netgear.com/30739/Path-Traversal-Attack-Security-Vulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95204
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037548
- https://twitter.com/mantislesin/status/816618162770821120
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.