CVE-2016-4800

critical

Description

The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

References

Advisories
More

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-362

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90945

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2016-001.html

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-872g-2h8h-362q

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0006/

http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00092.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-04-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00643