CVE-2016-2397 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Dell SonicWALL GMS, Analyzer, and UMA EM5000 versions 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1 prior to Hotfix 168056. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary Java code by sending specially crafted XML data to the cliserver implementation. 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. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) has been identified, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicates its significant potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:uma_em5000_firmware:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:uma_em5000_firmware:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:uma_em5000_firmware:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:analyzer:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:analyzer:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.