CVE-2016-5725
Publication date 19 January 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| jsch | 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.9 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N