Is CVE-2016-1984 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1984 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1984?

CVE-2016-1984 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1984?

CVE-2016-1984 has an EPSS score of 4.05% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2016-1984?

No published fix for CVE-2016-1984 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1984

CRITICALEPSS 89th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2016-01-20 has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8362.

CWE-255

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

4.05%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit3

Government Resource1

kb.cert.org

Other references1

ics-cert.us-cert.gov

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.