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CVE-2016-1000282

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000282 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Haraka versions 2.8.8 and earlier, specifically within its zip file attachment processing plugin. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a Metasploit module exists, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haraka_project:haraka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Haraka SMTP Command Injection · Jan 26, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1338 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: HarakaFixed in: 2.8.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-w5m8-5v9m-xhx5critical

Critical severity vulnerability that affects Haraka

Feb 12, 2019

References

github.com / outflanknl/Exploits/blob/master/harakiri-CVE-2016-1000282.py
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory