What is CVE-2016-8280?

CVE-2016-8280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Esight, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-8280?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Huawei Esight

CVE-2016-8280

Directory traversal vulnerability in Huawei eSight before V300R003C20SPC005 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2016-10-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Esight — versions v300r002c00, v300r003c10, v300r003c20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160928-01-pathtraversal… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93190 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8280?: CVE-2016-8280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Esight, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-8280?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.