What is CVE-2016-2245?

CVE-2016-2245 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-2245?

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

Auth bypass in HP Support Assistant

CVE-2016-2245

HP Support Assistant before 8.1.52.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2016-03-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.059 (93.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Support Assistant

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2245?: CVE-2016-2245 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-2245?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.