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CVE-2016-5679

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5679 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in NUUO NVRmini 2 (versions 1.7.6 to 3.0.0) and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance (version 1.1.2). Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'sn' parameter of the 'transfer_license' command within the cgi-bin/cgi_main interface. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, requiring only low privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-40200), and it has received significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a heightened risk of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:nuuo:nvrmini_2:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40200 · Aug 5, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1412 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 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

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/40200
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/856152
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/92318