CVE-2016-5725

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLogRelease Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLogRelease Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Timeline

Published: Jan 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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