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CVE-2016-0766

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0766 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.1.20, 9.2.15, 9.3.11, 9.4.6, and 9.5.1, specifically impacting custom configuration settings for PL/Java. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw over the network with low complexity to gain full control over the affected system, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.2, < 9.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.3, < 9.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.4, < 9.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0411 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-33
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3475
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3476
Third Party Advisory
postgresql.org / about/news/1644
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/83184
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035005
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2894-1
Third Party Advisory