CVE-2016-2005 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting HPE Data Protector versions before 7.03_108, 8.x before 8.15, and 9.x before 9.06. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 11 mentions and media coverage, indicating its perceived risk. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0, < 7.03_108CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0, < 8.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.