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CVE-2016-8588

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8588 describes a critical vulnerability in Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance versions 2.6.1062r1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters into the filename during a hotfix upload via the hotfix_upload.cgi script. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.3 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.1062CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:threat_discovery_appliance:*:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/142220/Trend-Micro-Threat-Discovery-Appliance-2.6.1062r1-hotfix_upload.cgi-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry