What is CVE-2016-0920?

CVE-2016-0920 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-0920?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in EMC Avamar Server

CVE-2016-0920

Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 allow local users to obtain root access via a crafted parameter to a command that is available in the sudo configuration.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.2% 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-77 — Command Injection

References

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-2016-0920?: CVE-2016-0920 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-0920?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.