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CVE-2016-5765

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5765 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the Administrative Server of several Micro Focus products, including Host Access Management and Security Server, Reflection for the Web, Reflection Security Gateway, and Reflection ZFE. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by crafting a malicious URL. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact, as it enables unauthorized information disclosure without requiring user interaction. 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
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:host_access_management_and_security_server:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:host_access_management_and_security_server:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:reflection_for_the_web:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:reflection_for_the_web:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:reflection_for_the_web:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.attachmate.com / techdocs/1704.html
securityfocus.com / bid/94579
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-618