CVE-2016-5725

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

24.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2017-01-19 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

41546a9134e241c05683078491f5b0f55ffe3134ee86f523150e8739b26edbb3

• seclists.org20160921 CVE-2016-5725 - JCraft/JSch Java Secure Channel <= 0.1.53 recursive sftp-get path traversal (client-side, windows)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com93100http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3115https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.exploit-db.com40411https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200425 [SECURITY] [DLA 2184-1] jsch security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725x_refsource_MISC
• www.jcraft.comhttp://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC