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.
CVE-2016-5537
Score 5.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 5.7; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.7
- EG Score
- 5.7MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 26EG Risk 26/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity57% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 1.0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 62nd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 25, 2016
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (14)
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| netbeans | — |
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