CVE-2016-0752

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

95.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-02-16 02:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-16

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4b6825ec4e28f962ae3f78cc75999fc9d26864d0f87f2ec8153bf59ffb1959b5

• www.exploit-db.com40561https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0363http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0752] Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action Viewhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-97002ad37bhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com81801http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1034816http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-fa0dec2360http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0752] Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action Viewhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3464http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0296http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752government-resource