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CVE-2016-5754

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5754 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions 4.1 (prior to 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1) and 4.2 (prior to SP2), where the presence of a .htaccess file could inadvertently leak sensitive information. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to significant confidentiality impacts without requiring user interaction or privileges. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, suggesting awareness within security circles.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

novell.com / support/kb/doc.php