CVE-2016-2087

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

9.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-01-18 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

2d3ac56081db37dc19182d1b9a251b941a7a6f0147eb81b194ea1c0b37dd59b3

• www.exploit-db.com39656https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com95881http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.htmlx_refsource_MISC