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CVE-2016-5537

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5537 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting the NetBeans component within Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1. While Oracle's official description is vague, third-party claims suggest it's a directory traversal issue allowing local users to write to arbitrary files and gain privileges by importing a specially crafted ZIP file containing ".." in an archive entry. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.7 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:netbeans:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/40588
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/93686
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037051