CVE-2016-6793
9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 8.5% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The DiskFileItem class in Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) and write to, move, and delete files with the permissions of DiskFileItem, and if running on a Java VM before 1.3.1, execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.1 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 8.46% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-07-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | wicket |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/31/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539975/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95168
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037541
- https://wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/31/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539975/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95168
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037541
- https://wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23
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