THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1499
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1499

Owncloud vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
ownCloud Server before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2 allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from a directory listing and possibly cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via the force parameter to index.php/apps/files/ajax/scan.php.
Affected vendor
Owncloud
Affected product
Owncloud
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-01-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1499

  • Confirm whether Owncloud Owncloud is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1499.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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