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CVE-2016-5725

MediumPublished

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...

Published: Jan 19, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Sep 22, 2016

Primary CVSS

5.9/ 10Medium

nvd · CVSS 3.0

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS probability estimate

18.2%

Moderate · next 30 days

Percentile: 97.2%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

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.

Sources

pubPoC
Vulnerability Notes, PoC Exploits and Write-Ups for security issues disclosed by tintinweb
JCraft/JSch Java Secure Channel 0.1.53 - Recursive sftp-get Directory TraversalExploit
tintinweb · windows · Sep 22, 2016

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