CVE-2016-3124

The sanitycheck module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.1 allows remote attackers to learn the PHP version on the system via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-02-07 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-3124 is rated Moderate Risk (46/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.34%). EPSS rose +1.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3124

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 2026-06-15 0.20% 1.34% +1.14%
2 2025-03-30 0.40% 0.20% -0.20%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.40% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3124

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3124

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-3124

GHSA-9327-mqm6-x97j · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — SimpleSAMLphp Information leakage issue in the sanitycheck module

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3124

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2016-3124 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (simplesamlphp), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3124
ubuntu low CVE-2016-3124 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (simplesamlphp), 24 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 5, DNE 1, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp <= 1.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3124

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96134 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201603-01 Vendor Advisory
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