CVE-2016-2568

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 30.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2017-02-13 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:14Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2016-02-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e977f55b631b19b6df67607b2efdded003da32ad109cfad43dbcb51decc866f5

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160226 Re: CVE Request: pkexec tty hijacking via TIOCSTI ioctlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300746x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2568x_refsource_MISC
• ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2568x_refsource_MISC
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816062x_refsource_MISC