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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8523

A Remote Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in HPE Smart Storage Administrator version before v2.60.18.0 was found.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 8.8EPSS 16.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A Remote Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in HPE Smart Storage Administrator version before v2.60.18.0 was found.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
16.74% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 February 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-77
Affected
hp/smart storage administrator
Source
security-alert@hpe.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%21 September 2026: 13.71%22 September 2026: 16.74%27 October 2026: 16.74%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 13.7% on 21 September 2026 to 16.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-41297source ↗HP Smart Storage Administrator 2.30.6.0 - Remote Command Injection (Metasploit)multiple · MaKyOtOxremote10 February 2017yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.