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CVE-2016-5537

Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local...

5.7 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

1.04%Down 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.7

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5537
CVSS 3.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5537
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6481 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2016-6481
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-796c-c9w7-xqff 5.7

Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local...

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.

Record
GHSA-796c-c9w7-xqff
CVSS 3.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.7

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5537
CVSS 3.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-5537 5.7

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5537
CVSS 3.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5537 5.7

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5537
CVSS 3.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
netbeans
Debian:12
before 10.0-1
10.0-1
netbeans
Debian:13
before 10.0-1
10.0-1
netbeans
Debian:14
before 10.0-1
10.0-1
netbeans
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8.0.2+dfsg1-48.0.2+dfsg1-58.1+dfsg1-18.1+dfsg2-18.1+dfsg2-3
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5537 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Oracle Netbeans, published October 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 63rd percentile. Fixed in netbeans 10.0-1.

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