CVE-2016-0865 describes a critical vulnerability in Tollgrade SmartGrid LightHouse Sensor Management System (SMS) Software EMS versions before 5.1 and 4.1.0 Build 16, allowing remote authenticated users to change arbitrary passwords. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this flaw presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity, requiring only network access and low privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tollgrade:smartgrid_lighthouse_sensor_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tollgrade:smartgrid_lighthouse_sensor_management_system:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.