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CVE-2016-1990

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

HPE ArcSight ESM 5.x before 5.6, 6.0, 6.5.x before 6.5C SP1 Patch 2, and 6.8c before P1, and ArcSight ESM Express before 6.9.1, allows local users to gain privileges for command execution via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM): through 5.6; 6.0, 6.5, 6.8, 6.9

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035282
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05048452
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035282
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05048452

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