CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0912

Emc Data Domain Os vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
EMC Data Domain OS 5.4 through 5.7 before 5.7.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging access to (1) a different account with the same role as a target account or (2) an account's session at an unattended workstation.
Affected vendor
Dell
Affected product
Emc Data Domain Os
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2016-06-19

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-0912

  • Confirm whether Dell Emc Data Domain Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0912.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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