CVE-2016-9878

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.055 · 93 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.53% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

38 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

affected products (38)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Data Protection Advisor <19.12 SP2all versionscert_bundDE
Dell Data Protection Advisor< 19.12 SP2cert_bundDE
n/a Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5≤ Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5enisa_euvdEU
pivotal software spring framework≤ 3.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal software spring framework= 4.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal software spring framework= 4.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring framework= 3.2.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

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.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0528Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, seine Berechtigungen zu erweitern oder einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-0180Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-01-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe zu starten.
GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9wPivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized2018-10-04ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-12-29modified 2026-06-17

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references (37)

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