CVE-2016-1999 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting HP Release Control versions 9.13, 9.20, and 9.21. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted serialized Java object, leveraging a weakness in the Apache Commons Collections library. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:release_control:9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:release_control:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:release_control:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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.