What is CVE-2016-0693?

CVE-2016-0693 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-0693?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris

CVE-2016-0693

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 and 11.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to the PAM LDAP module.

Published 2016-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11.3

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035629 (vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0693?: CVE-2016-0693 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-0693?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.