CVE-2016-0491

Exp

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 integrity and availability via unknown vectors related to Load Testing for Web Apps. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that the UploadFileAction servlet allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute arbitrary files via an * (asterisk) character in the fileType parameter.

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-2016-0491 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.43%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-0491

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39852 exploit_db edb 2016-05-25 Exploit-DB ↗
39691 exploit_db edb 2016-04-13 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-0491

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 2025-06-23 89.22% 88.43% -0.79%
2 2025-03-30 90.21% 89.22% -0.99%
3 2025-03-29 — 90.21% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-0491

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:N/I:P/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-0491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-0491

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-2016-0491

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