CVE-2016-10106

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in scgi-bin/platform.cgi on NETGEAR FVS336Gv3, FVS318N, FVS318Gv2, and SRX5308 devices with firmware before 4.3.3-8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the thispage parameter, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.

Affected products

NETGEAR Fvs318Gv2 Firmware: through 4.3-3.6
NETGEAR Fvs318N Firmware: through 4.3-3.6
NETGEAR Fvs336Gv3 Firmware: through 4.3-3.6
Netgear SRX5308: through 4.3-3.6

References

http://kb.netgear.com/30739/Path-Traversal-Attack-Security-Vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95204
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037548
https://twitter.com/mantislesin/status/816618162770821120
http://kb.netgear.com/30739/Path-Traversal-Attack-Security-Vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95204
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037548
https://twitter.com/mantislesin/status/816618162770821120

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