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Medium · 6.5 Public exploit CVE-2016-0784 EUVD-2016-0798GHSA-8xq7-7hcx-8p8g

Apache OpenMeetings Directory Traversal vulnerability

Published Apr 11, 2016 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export System Backups functionality in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-install >= 1.9.0, < 3.1.1 3.1.1 GHSA-8xq7-7hcx-8p8g

References