What is CVE-2016-4004?

CVE-2016-4004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Openmanage Server Administrator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-4004?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-4004 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Dell Openmanage Server Administrator

CVE-2016-4004

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the file parameter to ViewFile.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2016-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.089 (95.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.089 · newest: 0.089 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Openmanage Server Administrator — versions 8.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035564 (vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39486/ (Exploit, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4004?: CVE-2016-4004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Openmanage Server Administrator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-4004?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-4004 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.