Is CVE-2016-7066 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-7066 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-7066?

CVE-2016-7066 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-7066?

CVE-2016-7066 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (22th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7066?

Upgrade jboss enterprise application platform to 7.1.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7066

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

It was found that the improper default permissions on /tmp/auth directory in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform before 7.1.0 can allow any local user to connect to CLI and allow the user to execute any arbitrary operations.

CWE-266 CWE-275

How to fix

Remediation Available

jboss enterprise application platformNVD

Affected:< 7.1.0Fixed in:7.1.0CVE-2016-7066derived from NVD

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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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-28000	Critical	9.8	68%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-27007	Critical	9.8	51%	-	-
CVE-2025-47539	Critical	9.8	31%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-20759	High	8.8	29%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-13106	Medium	5.3	27%	-	-
CVE-2024-3013	Medium	6.3	23%	-	-

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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.