What is CVE-2016-0905?

CVE-2016-0905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-0905?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server

CVE-2016-0905

Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 allow local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging admin access and entering a sudo command.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Avamar Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93032 (vdb-entry)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/31 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036844 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0905?: CVE-2016-0905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-0905?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.