Is CVE-2016-5537 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5537 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5537?

CVE-2016-5537 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5537?

CVE-2016-5537 has an EPSS score of 1.04% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5537?

Upgrade netbeans on debian 11 to 10.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5537

MEDIUM

5.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is a directory traversal vulnerability which allows local users with certain permissions to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in a archive entry in a ZIP file imported as a project.

How to fix

Remediation Available

netbeansDebian

Fixed in:10.0-1CVE-2016-5537

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Exploit3

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Other references2

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