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CVE-2016-8516· NVD / CVE Program· CNA hpe

A remote denial of service vulnerability in HPE Systems Insight Manager in all versions prior to 7.6 was found.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 15, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
5.0% · 92th percentile
CWE
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 5.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
hpsystems insight manager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hp systems insight managerbefore 7.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hpe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems Insight Manager using OpenSSL

    • all versions prior to 7.6affected

Same product

hp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2007-2719Session fixation vulnerability in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) 4.2 and 5.0 SP4 and SP5 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by
    41Plan
  • CVE-2016-4366HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before 7.5.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, modify data, or cause a denial of se
    40Plan
  • CVE-2016-2029HPE Matrix Operating Environment before 7.5.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2016-2018HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before 7.5.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vector
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2012-1999Unspecified vulnerability in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before 7.0 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information o
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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