CVE-2016-9177
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Spark allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.sparkjava:spark-core | <2.5.2 | 2.5.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sparkjava | spark | {"endIncluding":"2.5"} | |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- https://github.com/perwendel/spark/issues/700
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9177
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-89gc-6cw6-4vch
- https://github.com/perwendel/spark
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.