What is CVE-2016-0889?

CVE-2016-0889 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Unisphere, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-0889?

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

Improper input validation in Dell EMC Unisphere

CVE-2016-0889

An HTTP servlet in vApp Manager in EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance before 8.2.0 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted pathname.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-04-15 · 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: 0.031 (87.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell EMC Unisphere

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035580 (vdb-entry)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/83 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0889?: CVE-2016-0889 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Unisphere, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-0889?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.