CVE-2016-9878

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.

Published: 2016-12-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9878 is rated Moderate Risk (62.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.64%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9878

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.93% 5.64% +0.71%
2 2026-05-01 5.06% 4.93% -0.13%
3 2026-04-18 — 5.06% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9878

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-9878

GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Pivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9878

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-9878 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9878
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9878
ubuntu low CVE-2016-9878 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, ignored 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pivotal_software spring_framework <= 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 3.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:3.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring_framework 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9878

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