CVE-2016-7089

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

1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

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

2016-08-24 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

860a494fed214117d66bb693bca59fd270ad000e1b0af0f0d281b0f1d9d17174

• www.securityfocus.com92638http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92638vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138393/ESCALATEPLOWMAN-WatchGuard-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.secplicity.orghttps://www.secplicity.org/2016/08/16/nsa-equation-group-exploit-leak-mean/x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com40270https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40270/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB