CVE-2016-9168
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9...
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 could be used by remote attackers for clickjacking.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 could be used by remote attackers for clickjacking.
- Record
CVE-2016-9168- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 could be used by remote attackers for clickjacking.
- Record
CVE-2016-9168- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9985 No score
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 could be used by remote attackers for clickjacking.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9985- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8v94-jh77-jr4v
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9...
A missing X-Frame-Options header in the NDS Utility Monitor in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 could be used by remote attackers for clickjacking.
- Record
GHSA-8v94-jh77-jr4v- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-9168 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Novell Edirectory, published March 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.