CVE-2016-3168

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    CVE-2016-3168

    Published: 12 Apr 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run files with arbitrary JSON-encoded content, aka a "reflected file download vulnerability."

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498, https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f8d6bbf44160e6d00e71f0172ecf80e78d0f0d3c
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High