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CVE-2016-8204

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8204 is a critical Directory Traversal vulnerability affecting Brocade Network Advisor versions up to and including 14.0.2, specifically within the FileReceiveServlet. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to upload malicious files to arbitrary locations on the file system, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 14.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brocade_network_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0713 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
broadcom.com / support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-177
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95695
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-17-049
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry