THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2008
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2008

Data Protector vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
10.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
HPE Data Protector before 7.03_108, 8.x before 8.15, and 9.x before 9.06 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Data Protector
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2016-04-21

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 10.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2008

  • Confirm whether Hp Data Protector is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2008.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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