CVE-2016-1542

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

74.62% 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

7.5 (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: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

2016-06-13 14:00Z10 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a5266b99681030cb0a40b95bfc9a1f568a0438fe2c8e24e7b29b3d4c231507b6

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• www.securityfocus.com20160328 BMC-2015-0010: User enumeration vulnerability in BMC Server Automation (BSA) Unix/Linux RSCD Agent (CVE-2016-1542)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537909/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.exploit-db.com43902https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43902/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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