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CVE-2016-9878

Published: Dec 29, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
5.6%
Top 8.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

spring frameworkpivotal software
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
spring frameworkvmware
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
org.springframework:spring-webmvcMavenOSS Libraries
Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5n/a
pivotal softwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka pivotal
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
oracle.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 29, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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