CVE-2016-10106

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10106
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-03 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in scgi-bin/platform.cgi on NETGEAR FVS336Gv3, FVS318N, FVS318Gv2, and SRX5308 devices with firmware before 4.3.3-8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the thispage parameter, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.008100000 probability, percentile 0.743170000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Netgear Fvs318gv2 - All All All
Operating System Netgear Fvs318gv2 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netgear Fvs318n - All All All
Operating System Netgear Fvs318n Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netgear Fvs336gv3 - All All All
Operating System Netgear Fvs336gv3 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netgear Srx5308 - All All All
Operating System Netgear Srx5308 Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NETGEAR ProSAFE Firewall Bug Lets Remote Users Traverse the Directory to View Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
MantiS Le Sin na Twitterze: "My very first CVE. NETGEAR ProSafe DirectoryTraversal. https://t.co/HjZY4W9O7T #netgear #0day #BugBounty #Pentest #vulnerability #bugtraq" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
Path Traversal Attack Security Vulnerability | Answer | NETGEAR Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.netgear.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Multiple NETGEAR Products CVE-2016-10106 Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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