{"id":"CVE-2016-1004","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1004","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:31.888Z","title":"Reason: The CNA or individual who requested this candidate did not associate it with any vulnerability during 2016.","description":"Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.  ConsultIDs: none.  Reason: The CNA or individual who requested this candidate did not associate it with any vulnerability during 2016.  Notes: none","published":"2016-12-31T02:59:37.000Z","lastModified":"2023-11-07T02:29:51.000Z","status":"Rejected","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-12-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":41688,"kind":"exploit","title":"PHPMailer < 5.2.19 - Sendmail Argument Injection (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41688","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/41688.rb","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/41688.rb","published":"2016-12-26","added":"2017-03-23","updated":"2017-03-23","author":"Metasploit","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-1004","CVE-2016-1003"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/3155af679a7a6fb63d38d7049b4a53e6c0303c3f/modules/exploits/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is not yet scored. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1004","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}