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CVE-2016-9044

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9044 describes a critical command execution vulnerability in Information Builders WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Portal 8.1. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted web parameter, leading to command injection. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:informationbuilders:webfocus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0384 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 17,805 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

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0315
MitigationThird Party Advisory