High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6255
CVE-2016-6255
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: <1.6.21
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbdnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLognvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/nvd
- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10nvd
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