CVE-2016-20024

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 51.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. 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

2026-03-15 13:35Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-28 01:46Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-03-15

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-538Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or DirectoryBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

183bddf198ac945c6ef09cf00c9b5e765a147514e5c61412b98b47c4e9042fe8

• www.zeroscience.mkZero Science Lab Disclosurehttps://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5360.phpthird-party-advisory
• cxsecurity.comCXSecurityhttps://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2016080264third-party-advisory
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comIBM X-Force Exchangehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116487vdb-entry
• packetstormsecurity.comPacket Storm Securityhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138565exploit
• www.exploit-db.comReferencehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40322/exploit
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 Insecure File Permissions Privilege Escalationhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zkteco-zktime-net-insecure-file-permissions-privilege-escalationthird-party-advisory