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Vulnerability details: VCID-h8dt-f7ga-nyds
Vulnerability ID VCID-h8dt-f7ga-nyds
Aliases CVE-2016-5424
Summary Exceptional database and role names could enable escalation to superusermore details
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5424.json
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
epss 0.01611 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
cvssv2 6.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 8.5 https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2016-5424/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5424.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5424
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5423
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5424
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2016-08-11-security-update-release-1688/
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2016-5424/
1364002 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364002
RHSA-2016:1781 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1781
RHSA-2016:1820 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1820
RHSA-2016:1821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1821
RHSA-2016:2606 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2606
RHSA-2017:2425 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
USN-3066-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3066-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5424.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.80987
EPSS Score 0.01611
Published At Aug. 16, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:03:26.559326+00:00 PostgreSQL Importer Import https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2016-5424 37.0.0