THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-8523
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8523

Smart Storage Administrator vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
17.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
A Remote Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in HPE Smart Storage Administrator version before v2.60.18.0 was found.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Smart Storage Administrator
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-02-15

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 17.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8523

  • Confirm whether Hp Smart Storage Administrator is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8523.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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