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CVE-2016-5683

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5683 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting ReadyDesk 9.1, allowing local users to retrieve cleartext SQL Server credentials. An attacker with local access can read the SQL_Config.aspx file and decrypt the data using a hardcoded key found within the ReadyDesk.dll file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring only low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:readydesk:readydesk:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

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

kb.cert.org / vuls/id/294272
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/92487