THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-8205
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8205

Network Advisor vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
13.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
A Directory Traversal vulnerability in DashboardFileReceiveServlet in the Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 could allow remote attackers to upload a malicious file in a section of the file system where it can be executed.
Affected vendor
Brocade
Affected product
Network Advisor
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-01-14

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 13.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8205

  • Confirm whether Brocade Network Advisor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8205.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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