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CVE-2016-9491

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9491 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 12 and 13 prior to build 13690, allowing an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary system files. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 4.9, indicating a high impact on confidentiality with network access and low attack complexity, as it permits access to sensitive configuration and private key files due to the application running with administrative privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_applications_manager:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_applications_manager:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0256 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 3,558 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
manageengine.com / products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2016-9491.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97394
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry