CVE-2016-15006

LOWNVD 3.75.3▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-01-02. NVD baseline CVSS 3.7; sources differ by 1.6.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
3.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in enigmaX up to 2.2. This issue affects the function getSeed of the file main.c of the component Scrambling Table Handler. The manipulation leads to predictable seed in pseudo-random number generator (prng). The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Upgrading to version 2.3 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 922bf90ca14a681629ba0b807a997a81d70225b5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217181 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
50.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

January 2, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (8)

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-15006?
CVE-2016-15006 is a low vulnerability published on January 2, 2023. A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in enigmaX up to 2.2. This issue affects the function getSeed of the file main.c of the component Scrambling Table Handler. The manipulation leads to predictable seed in pseudo-random number generator (prng). The attack may be…
When was CVE-2016-15006 disclosed?
CVE-2016-15006 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 2, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-15006 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-15006 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 50.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-15006?
CVE-2016-15006 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 5.3.
How do I remediate CVE-2016-15006?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-15006, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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