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CVE-2016-8523

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8523 is a remote arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting HPE Smart Storage Administrator versions prior to 2.60.18.0. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module for remote command injection exists on ExploitDB, indicating public exploit code availability. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.60.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:smart_storage_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
17.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41297 · Feb 10, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1704 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41297
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95868
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry