CVE-2016-6531

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.
• 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

2.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% 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

2016-09-24 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-03

Assigning CNA

certcc

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-255

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4cf26bbcad1e259d70522aff18e12cada24fa69b247d0c499751f7cb158cba60

• www.kb.cert.orgVU#619767http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/619767third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.securityfocus.com92780http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92780vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.kb.cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/GWAN-ACVSBMx_refsource_MISC