Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 3, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-10106

Description

Directory 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.

Affected products

Netgear/Fvs318gv2 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:fvs318gv2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.3-3.6
Netgear/Fvs318n Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:fvs318n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.3-3.6
Netgear/Fvs336gv3 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:fvs336gv3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.3-3.6
Netgear/Srx5308 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:srx5308_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.3-3.6

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

kb.netgear.com/30739/Path-Traversal-Attack-Security-VulnerabilitynvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95204nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037548nvd
twitter.com/mantislesin/status/816618162770821120nvd

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