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CVE-2016-0865

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 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

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

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-040-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource