VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9892

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.66%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The esets_daemon service in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS before 6.4.168.0 and Endpoint Security for macOS before 6.4.168.0 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from the edf.eset.com SSL server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof this server and provide crafted responses to license activation requests via a self-signed certificate. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-0718 to execute arbitrary code remotely as root.

CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 1.66% probability · 77th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-295
Affected: eset/endpoint antivirus · eset/endpoint security
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68Exploit, Mailing List
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96462Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68Exploit, Mailing List
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96462Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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