CVE-2016-7098

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

7.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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

2016-09-26 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-26

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3fae1a3e8087c9659144b435baf2dbcf45a90cdde76606b21f1fdef98672a210

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160827 Re: CVE Request - Gnu Wget 1.17 - Design Error Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/27/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0015http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2284http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com93157http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93157vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com40824https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40824/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• lists.gnu.org[bug-wget] 20160814 Wget - acess list bypass / race condition PoChttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00083.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[bug-wget] 20160824 Re: Wget - acess list bypass / race condition PoChttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00134.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200129 [SECURITY] [DLA 2086-1] wget security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00031.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST