What is CVE-2016-1990?

CVE-2016-1990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-1990?

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

Vulnerability in Microfocus Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager

CVE-2016-1990

HPE ArcSight ESM 5.x before 5.6, 6.0, 6.5.x before 6.5C SP1 Patch 2, and 6.8c before P1, and ArcSight ESM Express before 6.9.1, allows local users to gain privileges for command execution via unspecified vectors.

Published 2016-03-16 · 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 (31.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.3% 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

Microfocus Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager — versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035282 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1990?: CVE-2016-1990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-1990?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.