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CVE-2016-7171

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7171 describes an impersonation vulnerability in NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup versions prior to 2.0.1, stemming from its use of a non-unique server certificate. With a CVSS score of 5.6 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:netapp_plug-in:*:*:*:*:*:*:netbackup:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 13th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.netapp.com / support/s/article/NTAP-20161129-0001
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94659
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037391
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry