What is CVE-2016-2352?

CVE-2016-2352 is a high-severity vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer Appliance, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-2352?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer Appliance

CVE-2016-2352

The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging the YUM_CLIENT restricted-user role.

Published 2016-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.054 (92.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Accellion File Transfer Appliance

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones-backdoor-scri…
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/505560 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2352?: CVE-2016-2352 is a high-severity vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer Appliance, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-2352?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.