What is CVE-2016-9499?

CVE-2016-9499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion Ftp Server, classified under Observable Response Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-9499?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Accellion Ftp Server

CVE-2016-9499

Accellion FTP server prior to version FTA_9_12_220 only returns the username in the server response if the username is invalid. An attacker may use this information to determine valid user accounts and enumerate them.

EPSS: 0.078 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Accellion Ftp Server — versions FTA_9_12_220
Accellion Ftp_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9499?: CVE-2016-9499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion Ftp Server, classified under Observable Response Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-9499?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.