What is CVE-2016-7402?

CVE-2016-7402 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-7402?

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

Vulnerability in Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise

CVE-2016-7402

SAP ASE 16.0 SP02 PL03 and prior versions allow attackers who own SourceDB and TargetDB databases to elevate privileges to sa (system administrator) via dbcc import_sproc SQL injection.

Published 2016-11-03 · 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: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2016-017/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92950 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7402?: CVE-2016-7402 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-7402?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.