CVE-2016-6903

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

4.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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

2017-04-24 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-22

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0b0f860a5d51bb87a3a0078c92b668f67229ed4aa6a54a54443ae53b1997a665

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369345x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92591http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92591vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834946x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160822 Re: CVE Request: lshell: shell outbreak vulnerabilities via bad syntax parse and multiline commandshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/17mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/issues/149x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/commit/e72dfcd1f258193f9aaea3591ecbdaed207661a0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/pull/153/commits/a686f71732a3d0f16df52ef46ab8a49ee0083c68x_refsource_CONFIRM