What is CVE-2016-0916?

CVE-2016-0916 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Emc Networker, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-0916?

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

Auth bypass in Emc Networker

CVE-2016-0916

EMC NetWorker 8.2.1.x and 8.2.2.x before 8.2.2.6 and 9.x before 9.0.0.6 mishandles authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging access to a different NetWorker instance.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.078 (92.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Emc Networker
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

20160608 ESA-2016-072: EMC NetWorker Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Third Party Advisory)
1036075 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0916?: CVE-2016-0916 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Emc Networker, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-0916?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.