{"id":"CVE-2016-9878","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9878","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:50.248Z","title":"Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.","description":"An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.","published":"2016-12-29T09:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["pivotal software/spring framework","vmware/spring framework"],"epss":{"score":0.05525,"percentile":0.92769,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9878","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}