CVE-2016-2006 is a critical vulnerability affecting HPE Data Protector versions prior to 7.03_108, 8.x before 8.15, and 9.x before 9.06. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors, earning a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). The attack requires no user interaction or authentication, making it easily exploitable with a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is readily available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its severity. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting it is not currently under widespread active exploitation.
| 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.