THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-0766
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0766

Postgresql vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Postgresql
Affected product
Postgresql
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2016-02-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-0766

  • Confirm whether Postgresql Postgresql is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0766.
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