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CVE-2016-7836
SKYSEA Client View Ver.11.221.03 and earlier allows remote code execution via a flaw in processing authentication on the TCP connection…
Critical9.8Known exploitedEPSS 19.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jpcert
Description
SKYSEA Client View Ver.11.221.03 and earlier allows remote code execution via a flaw in processing authentication on the TCP connection with the management console program.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as SKYSEA Client View Improper Authentication Vulnerability.
- Added
- 14 Oct 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 4 Nov 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.2% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Remote code execution
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Sky Co., LTD. · SKYSEA Client View
- affected Ver.11.221.03 and earlier
References (5)
- http://www.skyseaclientview.net/news/161221/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.skygroup.jp/security-info/170308.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVN#84995847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- 95062 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7836 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .