CVE-2016-1505

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-21

Description

The filesystem storage backend in Radicale before 1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a crafted path, as demonstrated by /c:/file/ignore.

Affected products

Radicale: through 1.0.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/06/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80255
https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/pull/343
https://github.com/Unrud/Radicale/commit/b4b3d51f33c7623d312f289252dd7bbb8f58bbe6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/06/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80255

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