CVE-2016-1244

Publication date 3 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

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Description

The extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a directory name in an adf file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
unadf	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.7.11a-3+deb7u1~build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.7.11a-3+deb7u1~build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
unadf	Upstream: http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1244

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