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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Microfocus Arcsight_enterprise_security_manager — versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

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.