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CVE-2016-6653

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6653 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the MariaDB audit_plugin component within Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release versions 27 and 28. Remote attackers can exploit this by reading syslog messages, which may contain cleartext credentials. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
27.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_cf_mysql:27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_cf_mysql:28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

pivotal.io / security/cve-2016-6653
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93480