CVE-2016-1525

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

75.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.6 (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:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

2016-02-13 02:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-07

Assigning CNA

certcc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8501fc1e66a56a0394caf3ceb9485bd1cb37924fbdc3ff932806d4fa4668cf24

• www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/http/netgear_nms_rcex_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com20160204 [CERT 777024 / CVE-2016-1524/5]: RCE and file download in Netgear NMS300http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537446/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• seclists.org20160204 [CERT 777024 / CVE-2016-1524/5]: RCE and file download in Netgear NMS300http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/30mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.exploit-db.com39515https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39515/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135618/Netgear-Pro-NMS-300-Code-Execution-File-Download.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135999/NETGEAR-ProSafe-Network-Management-System-300-Arbitrary-File-Upload.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com39412https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39412/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#777024http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/777024third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN