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CVE-2016-2020

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2020 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before version 7.5.1, as well as HP Matrix Operating Environment. It allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 8.1, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no known public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 19 mentions, placing it in the top 1% of all CVEs for community attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:systems_insight_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:matrix_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0274 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 17,784 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

h20566.www2.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
MitigationVendor Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
MitigationVendor Advisory