Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-9878

Title: Vmware Spring Framework Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-9878.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Dec 29, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

5.75%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-9878: 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.

Impacted Vendors

springsource 1

vmware 1

pivotal_software 1

Reference Links

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/ https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/ https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-9878 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 29, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.