What is CVE-2016-0904?

CVE-2016-0904 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-0904?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Information disclosure in EMC Avamar Server

CVE-2016-0904

Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 use the same encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and obtain sensitive client-server traffic information by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Avamar Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/31 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93026 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036844 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0904?: CVE-2016-0904 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-0904?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.