CVE-2016-3088

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-10. Federal remediation due 2022-08-10.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• 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

98.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2016-06-01 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-03-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6286045bdfaca5a68c9c735bd28789e72aba3fe82c2192ba6410787d35f9fdde

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-356x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com42283https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42283/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-357x_refsource_MISC
• activemq.apache.orghttp://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2036http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securitytracker.com1035951http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035951vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.apache.org[activemq-commits] 20190327 svn commit: r1042639 - in /websites/production/activemq/content/activemq-website: ./ projects/artemis/download/ projects/classic/download/ projects/cms/download/ security-advisories.data/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[activemq-users] 20190703 Re: ActiveMQ cve vulnerabilities seen in latest versionhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f956ea38e4da2e2c1e7131e6f91e41754852f5a4861d1a14ca5ca78a%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20200131 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2019https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3088government-resource