CVE-2016-8204 is a critical Directory Traversal vulnerability affecting Brocade Network Advisor versions up to and including 14.0.2, specifically within the FileReceiveServlet. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to upload malicious files to arbitrary locations on the file system, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brocade_network_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.