Is CVE-2016-2124 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-2124 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-2124?

CVE-2016-2124 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-2124?

CVE-2016-2124 has an EPSS score of 1.75% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2124?

Upgrade samba on debian 11 to 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-2124

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A flaw was found in the way samba implemented SMB1 authentication. An attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the plaintext password sent over the wire even if Kerberos authentication was required.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

sambaDebian

Fixed in:2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u2CVE-2016-2124

Fixed in:2:4.13.14+dfsg-1CVE-2016-2124

sambaUbuntu

Fixed in:2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.26USN-5174-1

Fixed in:2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5142-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Vendor Advisory1

samba.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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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 2024-11-21.