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CVE-2016-0922

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which...

9.8 Critical

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force guessing attack.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.50%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force guessing attack.

Record
CVE-2016-0922
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-285
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force guessing attack.

Record
CVE-2016-0922
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0933 No score

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force guessing attack.

Record
EUVD-2016-0933
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rqwp-mcm8-rm59 9.8

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which...

EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 does not restrict the number of password-authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force guessing attack.

Record
GHSA-rqwp-mcm8-rm59
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-285
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-0922 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Emc Vipr Srm, published September 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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