CVE-2016-2288 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cogent DataHub versions prior to 7.3.10, allowing authenticated local users with "user" or "guest" roles to modify files and gain elevated privileges. Rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), it has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-39630) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cogentdatahub:cogent_datahub:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.