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CVE-2016-2007

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2007 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting HPE Data Protector versions prior to 7.03_108, 8.x before 8.15, and 9.x before 9.06. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, its high CVSS score of 9.8 and significant community discussion indicate a serious risk. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, < 7.03_108CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, < 9.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
20.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2041 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 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

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
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035631
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-247
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry