CVE-2016-9892

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

1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 76.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (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:N/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

2017-03-02 23:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6d81a8aac4c8401b1720bf9413564aeaadd0f22ad29feb4861da6c6cc3b71553

• support.eset.comhttp://support.eset.com/ca6333/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20170227 CVE-2016-9892 - Remote Code Execution as Root via ESET Endpoint Antivirus 6http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com96462http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96462vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC