01 Record
CVE-2016-1525
Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: certcc
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 75.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.6 (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:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2016-02-13 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8501fc1e66a56a0394caf3ceb9485bd1cb37924fbdc3ff932806d4fa4668cf24
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/http/netgear_nms_rce
- www.securityfocus.com20160204 [CERT 777024 / CVE-2016-1524/5]: RCE and file download in Netgear NMS300http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537446/100/0/threaded
- seclists.org20160204 [CERT 777024 / CVE-2016-1524/5]: RCE and file download in Netgear NMS300http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/30
- www.exploit-db.com39515https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39515/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135618/Netgear-Pro-NMS-300-Code-Execution-File-Download.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135999/NETGEAR-ProSafe-Network-Management-System-300-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
- www.exploit-db.com39412https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39412/
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#777024http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/777024