CVE-2016-1543

Exp

The RPC API in the RSCD agent in BMC BladeLogic Server Automation (BSA) 8.2.x, 8.3.x, 8.5.x, 8.6.x, and 8.7.x on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to bypass authorization and reset arbitrary user passwords by sending an action packet to xmlrpc after an authorization failure.

Published: 2016-06-13 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-1543 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.03%, 99th percentile). 2 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-2016-1543

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
43939 exploit_db edb 2018-02-01 Exploit-DB ↗
43902 exploit_db edb 2018-01-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1543

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 2025-11-14 75.65% 73.03% -2.62%
2 2025-03-30 73.42% 75.65% +2.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 73.42% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-1543

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-1543

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-1543

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.2.02 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.2.03 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.2.04 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.3.00 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.3.01 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.3.02 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.3.03 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.5.00 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.5.01 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.6.00 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.6.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc bladelogic_server_automation_console 8.7.00 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-1543

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