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CVE-2016-6902

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6902 describes a critical vulnerability in lshell version 0.9.16, allowing remote authenticated users to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 9.9, this flaw presents a severe risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there's minimal community discussion or media coverage, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100 indicates significant inherent danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lshell_project:lshell:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.9CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0508 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 1,119 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.9 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ghantoos/lshell/commit/a686f71732a3d0f16df52ef46ab8a49ee0083c68
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ghantoos/lshell/issues/147
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/08/22/17
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92591
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry