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CVE-2016-6648

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6648 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 4.4.1.1 and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.0. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.4), stems from incorrect permissions on a sensitive system file, allowing a malicious administrator with configuration privileges to access and compromise the system. While the attack complexity is low, it requires high privileges and has a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:recoverpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 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

securityfocus.com / archive/1/540058/30/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95821
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037727
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry