CVE-2016-1253

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-12-05 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-27

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6922ec41be197c820d94e8e8ae0eb8e20f63a20d2bc0ee31a87d51bc47e30b65

• www.securityfocus.com94931http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94931vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org[oss-security] 20161214 CVE-2016-1253 most: shell command injection through filenameshttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/666mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20161216 [SECURITY] [DLA 745-1] most security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00020.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848132x_refsource_CONFIRM