CVE-2016-10106

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Published 2017-01-03 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://kb.netgear.com/30739/Path-Traversal-Attack-Security-Vulnerability

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

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.