CVE-2016-2781

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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 36.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2017-02-07 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-09 15:59Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.6)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-270Privilege Context Switching ErrorBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

98501275dced4dfca55a50d785039be437b17e9cd0e0330e7a2d9f7e240babf7

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160228 Re: Re: CVE Request: util-linux runuser tty hijacking via TIOCSTI ioctlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160228 Re: CVE Request: util-linux runuser tty hijacking via TIOCSTI ioctl -- chroothttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jarhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST