Medium severity5.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5537
CVE-2016-5537
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is a directory traversal vulnerability which allows local users with certain permissions to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in a archive entry in a ZIP file imported as a project.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:oracle:netbeans:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:netbeans:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 8.1
- Range: 8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051nvd
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