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CVE-2016-3653

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3653 describes multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities within the management scripts of Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) versions 12.1 prior to RU6 MP5. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) allows remote authenticated attackers to hijack the authentication of other users, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-40041), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 12.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:*:mp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40041 · Jun 29, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 890 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

exploit-db.com / exploits/40041
symantec.com / security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91442
securitytracker.com / id/1036196