CVE-2016-5725
mediumpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.241 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalDEEUFRRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-40411JCraft/JSch Java Secure Channel 0.1.53 - Recursive sftp-get Directory Traversalfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (13)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-0720Red Hat JBoss: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-11-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat JBoss Fuse und Red Hat JBoss A-MQ ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-q446-82vq-w674Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in JCraft JSch2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-16vendor · certfrFR
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sources
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references (45)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879093cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10888379cnnvd
- http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLogcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115cnnvd
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.htmlcnnvd
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