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CVE-2016-9168

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9168 describes a clickjacking vulnerability in the NDS Utility Monitor within Novell eDirectory versions prior to 9.0.2, caused by a missing X-Frame-Options header. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trick users into performing unintended actions, potentially leading to high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:*:hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,220 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, 0.1 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

novell.com / support/kb/doc.php
securityfocus.com / bid/97320