CVE-2016-0784
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export System Backups functionality in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 allows remote…
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- redhat
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export System Backups functionality in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 39642 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 54.7% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-installGHSA-8xq7-7hcx-8p8g (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- http://haxx.ml/post/141655340521/all-your-meetings-are-belong-to-us-remote-code (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/3.1.1/CHANGELOG (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39642 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160325 [CVE-2016-0784] ZIP file path traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136484/Apache-OpenMeetings-3.1.0-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://openmeetings.apache.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160330 [CVE-2016-0784] Apache OpenMeetings ZIP file path traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8xq7-7hcx-8p8g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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