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CVE-2016-2079

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2079 describes an information disclosure vulnerability affecting VMware NSX Edge versions 6.1 prior to 6.1.7 and 6.2 prior to 6.2.3, as well as vCNS Edge 5.5 prior to 5.5.4.3, specifically when the SSL-VPN feature is configured. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.9) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information due to unspecified vectors, with a high impact on confidentiality and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB. While it has received some community discussion and media coverage, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_edge:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_edge:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_edge:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_edge:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_edge:6.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

securitytracker.com / id/1036077
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0007.html
PatchVendor Advisory