CVE-2016-7040

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

2.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 82.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

2016-10-07 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

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-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

892f849bacd02aaeebb38d9cb3f2d01502e8592f86fdb06147b8b6abc2533fed

• www.securityfocus.com93893http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93893vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1996http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1996.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT