What is CVE-2016-5062?

CVE-2016-5062 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Aternity, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-5062?

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

Vulnerability in Aternity

CVE-2016-5062

The web server in Aternity before 9.0.1 does not require authentication for getMBeansFromURL loading of Java MBeans, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code by registering MBeans.

Published 2016-09-29 · 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: 0.039 (90.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Aternity

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-669 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/706359 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93208 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5062?: CVE-2016-5062 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Aternity, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-5062?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.