`CVE-2016-5537`

5.7 Medium Protected by RASP

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is a directory traversal vulnerability which allows local users with certain permissions to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in a archive entry in a ZIP file imported as a project.

Exploitation Status

No public exploit

Nothing published shows this CVE being exploited, which is not the same as ruling it out. nothing published in 9 years.

CVSS E:U

CISA KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 1.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek Defense Posture

Protected by RASP

A Waratek agent blocks this today.

Applicable rule: Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a directory traversal vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR path-traversal security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

Protection full a general security rule for the vulnerability class
Action available security rule
Review automated inferred
Record active

Decided by secure-rule-match : A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

Finding Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a directory traversal vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR path-traversal security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

Decided by	`secure-rule-match` : A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding	Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a directory traversal vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR path-traversal security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

CVSS

5.7 MEDIUM v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L 2 metrics

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.0 5.7 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 4.6 no band published AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.0	5.7	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	4.6	no band published	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected Software & Releases

🏛️ Oracle CPU Advisories & Products

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle named in risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q4	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Project Import (8.1)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle named in risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q4

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Project Import (8.1)

Indexed Oracle Components & Versions

Family	Component	Oracle's version cell (verbatim)	Indexed as
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Project Import	8.1	8.1

Family

Component

Oracle's version cell (verbatim)

Indexed as

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Project Import

8.1

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

1 product(s) over 1 version claims (uncapped)

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected Versions
nvd	oracle	netbeans	generic	8.1

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected Versions

nvd

oracle

netbeans

generic

8.1

References

URL	Tags
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/ORACLE-NETBEANS-IDE-DIRECTORY-TRAVERSAL.txt	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139259/Oracle-Netbeans-IDE-8.1-Directory-Traversal.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539615/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93686	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037051
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40588/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

URL

Timeline

Published 2016-10-25 Last modified 2026-06-17

Published	2016-10-25	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2016-10-25

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Pipeline policy audit (19 of 21 rules evaluated)

19 of 21 rules ran. The rest were never reached, because an earlier stage settled the CVE, a distinct claim from a rule that ran and found nothing.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? first match wins

1 rejected no-match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is the vulnerability ARMR's to address? first match wins

2 armr-patch-file no-match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no-match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no-match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no-match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no-match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no-match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in. Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 osv-maven no-match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central

9 cna-maven-package no-match An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

10 known-cpe-product no-match An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

11 cna-cpe-product no-match A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

12 oracle-advisory-family matched Queued for review Oracle advisory files this CVE under Oracle Fusion Middleware

13 non-deployable-product not-reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

14 unmatched-product not-reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? cumulative: every rule gets a turn

15 patch-hint no-match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

16 open-source-maven no-match The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

17 poc-derivable no-match An indexed exploit to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

18 no-exploit matched No fix identified No public exploits or POCs found in Exploit-DB, Nuclei templates, or GitHub POC repositories, and CISA's Vulnrichment assessment records no demonstrated exploit. No upstream fix reference or open-source Maven package was found either, so there is nothing to act on from either direction.

19 secure-rule-match decided it matched Protected by RASP Description mentions "directory traversal" — mitigable by an ARMR path-traversal security rule (CWE not assigned).

20 below-action-threshold skipped Medium or Low severity, no KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

21 no-exploit-published skipped A published working exploit for this candidate, not only a proof of concept, a forecast, or nothing at all

What the scope rules read

The products the record named, and whether known-products.yaml tracks them. This is the evidence the scope stage decided on.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

oracle netbeans not tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:netbeans:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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