What is CVE-2016-9486?

CVE-2016-9486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forescout Secureconnector, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-9486?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Forescout Secureconnector

CVE-2016-9486

On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent must run under the local SYSTEM account or another administrator account in order to enable full functionality of the agent. The typical configuration is for the agent to run as a Windows ser…

EPSS: 0.012 (65.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Forescout Secureconnector
Microsoft Windows Secureconnector Agent — versions N/A

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9486?: CVE-2016-9486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forescout Secureconnector, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-9486?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.