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CVE-2016-8202

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8202 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Fabric OS versions prior to v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b. An authenticated, non-root attacker can exploit this flaw via the command line interface to gain root access. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.4.1cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0305 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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

h20566.www2.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
broadcom.com / support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208
securityfocus.com / bid/98332
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038401