CVE-2016-5333

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

2.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 83.6% 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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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

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

2016-08-31 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

69fa8f13410663be58453c73bbe4b26c8e0be67a3ec89087059215e910ea0e45

• www.securitytracker.com1036628http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036628vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com92474http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92474vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0012.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.theregister.co.ukhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/x_refsource_MISC