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Fencer Intel
high 8.8

CVE-2016-8593 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in upload.cgi in Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance 2.6.1062r1 and earlier allows remote authenticate…

published 2017-04-28 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9440

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.0%
EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in upload.cgi in Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance 2.6.1062r1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the dID parameter.

Exploit prediction

7.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142215/Trend-Micro-Threat-Discovery-Appliance-2.6.1062r1-upload.cgi-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.