CVE-2016-6255

Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-03-07

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Libupnp (Libupnp Project)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050
• https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
• https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
• https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10