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CVE-2016-1999

30
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0626 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/90778