CVE-2016-1000031
Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.3 DiskFileItem File Manipulation Remote Code Execution
02 Description
Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.3 DiskFileItem File Manipulation Remote Code Execution
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 32.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-07.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-10-25 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-07 18:12Z21 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f90cc4f64db2a65f622dedbb07981d852350a1c7fbe6b39cd4dcd90eaced49fe
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com93604http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93604
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20181105 [SECURITY] Immediately upgrade commons-fileupload to version 1.3.3 when running Struts 2.3.36 or priorhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d66657323fd25e437face5e84899c8ca404ccd187e81c3f2fa8b6080%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Reporthttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1399http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00036.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190212-0001/
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4812
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-570/
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-30
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-12
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FILEUPLOAD-279
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet
- tomcat6 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- tomcat6 No fix yet
- tomcat7 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- tomcat7 No fix yet
- tomcat8 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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