CVE-2016-6497

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

5.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2017-01-18 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-01

Assigning CNA

hpe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-254
• CWE-358Improperly Implemented Security Check for StandardBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

61b0ac647fea4e31f1f649ba91e6b73c77b0a21b633b8f1f55d425321a587091

• www.securityfocus.com95929http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95929vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.blackhat.comhttps://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Munoz-A-Journey-From-JNDI-LDAP-Manipulation-To-RCE-wp.pdfx_refsource_MISC
• mail-archives.apache.org[directory-users] 20161029 Security vulnerability in Groovy LDAP APIhttps://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-users/201610.mbox/%3Cb7d7e909-a8ed-1ab4-c853-4078c1e7624a%40stefan-seelmann.de%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc/directory/sandbox/szoerner/groovyldap/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/groovyldap/LDAP.java?r1=1765362&r2=1765361&pathrev=1765362&view=patchx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlx_refsource_MISC