CVE-2016-2056

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

54.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

2016-04-13 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c89675f32caec9615e0cdcc496d5d9ebd71f235f48420d3e6d2f5c01318781f1

• www.securityfocus.com20160214 Xymon: Critical security issues in all versions prior to 4.3.25http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7892/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3495http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153620/Xymon-useradm-Command-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC