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CVE-2016-9186

Published: 4 November 2016

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "legacy course files" and "file manager" modules in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

Notes

AuthorNote
ebarretto
Moodle upstream does not believe it is a security vulnerability
and the reporter did not followed up on requests from upstream
to provide clarification

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
moodle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Ignored

cosmic Ignored

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H