CVE-2016-1500
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2,...
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
3.1
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share.
- Record
CVE-2016-1500- CVSS 3.0
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share.
- Record
CVE-2016-1500- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2598 No score
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2598- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43jc-34rg-43q9
3.1
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2,...
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share.
- Record
GHSA-43jc-34rg-43q9- CVSS 3.0
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.1
ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share.
- Record
CVE-2016-1500- CVSS 3.0
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0040 No score
Updated owncloud packages fix security vulnerability
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider in ownCloud Server before 8.0.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL resulting in a reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (CVE-2016-1498).
ownCloud Server before 8.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from a directory listing and possibly cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via the force parameter to index.php/apps/files/ajax/scan.php (CVE-2015-1499).
ownCloud Server before 8.0.10, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share (CVE-2016-1500).
- Record
MGASA-2016-0040- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
owncloudMageia:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 8.0.10-1.mga5 | 8.0.10-1.mga5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1500 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.1) in Owncloud, published January 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
owncloud.org/security/advisory?id=oc-sa-2016-003
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1500
github.com/advisories/GHSA-43jc-34rg-43q9
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0040.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17620
owncloud.org/security/advisory?id=oc-sa-2016-001
owncloud.org/security/advisory?id=oc-sa-2016-002
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176017.html