CVE-2016-6255
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 27%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 98
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-284
Referencias
- 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
- 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
JSON original (NVD)
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