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CVE-2016-5840

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5840 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector versions 3.7, 3.8 SP1, and 3.8 SP2. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows authenticated remote administrators to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters into the filename parameter of the Content-Disposition header during a hotfix upload. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and despite its severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:deep_discovery_inspector:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.81CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:deep_discovery_inspector:3.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:deep_discovery_inspector:3.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40180 · Jul 29, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0777 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

esupport.trendmicro.com / solution/en-US/1114281.aspx
Vendor Advisory
jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000103.html
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN55428526/index.html
exploit-db.com / exploits/40180
ExploitThird Party Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-373