CVE-2016-4800

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4800
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-13 14:59:01 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 m0 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 m1 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 maintenance2 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 rc0 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.1 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.2 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.3 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.4 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.4 rc0 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.4 rc1 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.5 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.6 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.7 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.7 rc0 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.7 rc1 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.8 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 9.3.8 rc0 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[jetty-announce] Jetty 9.3.x/Windows Security Vulnerability CVE-2016-480 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.eclipse.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
CVE-2016-4800 Eclipse Jetty Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
Jetty CVE-2016-4800 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981212 Java (maven) Security Update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (GHSA-872g-2h8h-362q)

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