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CVE-2016-2032

A vulnerability exists in the Aruba AirWave Management Platform 8.x prior to 8.2 in the management interface of an underlying system component called RabbitMQ, which could let a malicious user obtain sensitive information. This interface listens on TCP port 15672 and 55672

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from arubanetworks, from arubanetworks, from arubanetworks organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-01-31T20:15:10.663

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:47:39.190

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	arubanetworks	airwave	< 8.2.0.0	Yes
Application	arubanetworks	aruba_instant	< 4.1.3.0	Yes
Application	arubanetworks	aruba_instant	4.2.3.1	Yes
Operating System	arubanetworks	arubaos	*	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136997/Aruba-Authentication-Bypass-Insecure-Transport-Tons-Of-Issues.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/19 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-005.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/research/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136997/Aruba-Authentication-Bypass-Insecure-Transport-Tons-Of-Issues.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/19 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2016-005.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/research/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For arubanetworks's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.