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CVE-2016-1542

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1542 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in the RPC API of the RSCD agent within BMC BladeLogic Server Automation (BSA) versions 8.2.x through 8.7.x on Linux and UNIX systems. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to enumerate users by sending a specific action packet after an authorization failure. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to full confidentiality compromise. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.2.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: BMC Server Automation RSCD Agent NSH Remote Command Execution · Mar 16, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-43939 · Feb 1, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7462 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/136461/BMC-Server-Automation-BSA-RSCD-Agent-User-Enumeration.html
selfservice.bmc.com / casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43902
exploit-db.com / exploits/43939
insinuator.net / 2016/03/bmc-bladelogic-cve-2016-1542-and-cve-2016-1543
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537909/100/0/threaded