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CVE-2016-7145

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7145 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting nefarious2, allowing remote attackers to spoof certificate fingerprints and log in as other users. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nefarious2_project:nefarious2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / evilnet/nefarious2/commit/f50a84bad996d438e7b31b9e74c32a41e43f8be5
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory