CVE-2016-0903 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting EMC Avamar Server versions prior to 7.3.0-233, specifically Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE). This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof legitimate clients due to reliance on client-side authentication, enabling unauthorized access to and reading of backup data. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.