CVE-2016-0490

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Application Testing Suite component in Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 12.4.0.2 and 12.5.0.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Test Manager for Web Apps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0487. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this is a directory traversal vulnerability in the UploadServlet servlet, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a filename header.

Published: 2016-01-21 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-0490 is rated Moderate Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.88%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +11.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-0490

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-05 6.70% 17.88% +11.18%
2 2025-03-30 9.77% 6.70% -3.07%
3 2025-03-29 — 9.77% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-0490

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-0490

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-0490

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle application_testing_suite 12.4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:12.4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle application_testing_suite 12.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:12.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-0490

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