CVE-2016-5762
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.7% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.73% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-04-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| novell | groupwise |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138503/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Cross-Site-Scripting-Overflows.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/123
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539296/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92642
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017975
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160825-0_Micro_Focus_GroupWise_Multiple_vulnerabilities_v10.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138503/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Cross-Site-Scripting-Overflows.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/123
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539296/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92642
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017975
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160825-0_Micro_Focus_GroupWise_Multiple_vulnerabilities_v10.txt
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