What is CVE-2016-0899?

CVE-2016-0899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Rsa Archer Egrc, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2016-07-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-0899?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in EMC Rsa Archer Egrc

CVE-2016-0899

EMC RSA Archer GRC 5.5.x before 5.5.3.4 allows remote authenticated users to read the web.config.bak file, and obtain sensitive credential information, by modifying the IIS configuration to set a Content-Type header for .bak files.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-07-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Rsa Archer Egrc — versions 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.1.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jun/54 (mailing-list)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036080 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0899?: CVE-2016-0899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Rsa Archer Egrc, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2016-07-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-0899?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.