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CVE-2016-8216

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8216 describes a command injection vulnerability in EMC Data Domain OS (DD OS) versions 5.4, 5.5 (prior to 5.5.5.0), and 5.6 (prior to 5.6.2.0), and 5.7 (prior to 5.7.2.10). This flaw, rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.7, allows highly privileged local attackers to execute arbitrary commands, leading to full compromise of the affected system. Despite the high impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 96th 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/1/540059/30/0/threaded
Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95829
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037728
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry