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CVE-2016-4800

N/A

Published: April 13, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorJetty· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 6%

Description

The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Jetty · Eclipsemaven

95%

9.3.0 9.3.0 m0 9.3.0 m1 9.3.0 maintenance2 9.3.0 rc0 9.3.0 rc1 9.3.1 9.3.2 9.3.3 9.3.4 9.3.4 rc0 9.3.4 rc1 9.3.5 9.3.6 9.3.7 9.3.7 rc0 9.3.7 rc1 9.3.8 9.3.8 rc0

microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00092.html

x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2016-001.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90945

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-362

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0006/

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-284

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