CVE-2016-3707

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

3.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (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:H

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

2016-06-27 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-30

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InformationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf3bbf1e1ac76473fa64b6271b5fad92ee92cf6015ae455721b0e5d3ad93e7d6

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1341https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1341vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1985http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1301https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1301vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160517 CVE-2016-3707 : kernel-rt - Sending SysRq command via ICMP echo requesthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1764http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327484x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1937http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE