THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-10116
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-10116

Arlo Base Station Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
NETGEAR Arlo base stations with firmware 1.7.5_6178 and earlier, Arlo Q devices with firmware 1.8.0_5551 and earlier, and Arlo Q Plus devices with firmware 1.8.1_6094 and earlier use a pattern of adjective, noun, and three-digit number for the customized password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a dictionary attack.
Affected vendor
Netgear
Affected product
Arlo Base Station Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2017-01-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high 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 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-2016-10116

  • Confirm whether Netgear Arlo Base Station Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-10116.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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