CVE-2016-8491

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

1.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 74.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (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:N

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

2017-02-01 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-10-25 14:41Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-07

Assigning CNA

fortinet

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

202eb81e27f3d8a30ef8e209ad9762749b117ee4281fd6fa6ce2e751570ff9e3

• fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-065x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94186http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94186vdb-entryx_refsource_BID