CVE-2016-9460
Publication date 28 March 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 are vulnerable to a content-spoofing attack in the files app. The location bar in the files app was not verifying the passed parameters. An attacker could craft an invalid link to a fake directory structure and use this to display an attacker-controlled error message to the user.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| nextcloud | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| owncloud | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/2da43e3751576bbc838f238a09955c4dcdebee8e
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/8aa0832bd449c44ec300da4189bd8ed4e036140c
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/dea8e29289a1b99d5e889627c2e377887f4f2983
- https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/c92c234059f8b1dc7d53122985ec0d398895a2cf
- https://hackerone.com/reports/145463
- https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-003
- https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-013
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9460