CVE-2016-4800

Description

The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.64%
Vendor Advisory eclipse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00092.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90945 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2016-001.html third party advisory patch mitigation
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0006/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-362 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-4800?
CVE-2016-4800 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-4800?
To fix CVE-2016-4800, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-4800 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-4800 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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