CVE-2016-8562

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

3.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 88.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2016-11-18 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-10-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7ef8df96862c67e19d27206756379d232f466d8a82d694265fa5abb9a9fb060e

• www.securityfocus.com94436http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94436vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• ics-cert.us-cert.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-327-01x_refsource_MISC
• www.siemens.comhttp://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-672373.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-672373.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-8562government-resource