SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-1231

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.87%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.87% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
fedoraproject/fedora · prosody/prosody · debian/debian linux
Source
security@debian.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.