What is CVE-2016-1992?

CVE-2016-1992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Enterprise Security Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-1992?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in HP Enterprise Security Manager

CVE-2016-1992

HPE ArcSight ESM before 6.8c, and ArcSight ESM Express before 6.9.1, allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-03-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035307 (vdb-entry)
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1992?: CVE-2016-1992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Enterprise Security Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-1992?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.