`CVE-2016-0489`

6.5 Medium Protected by RASP

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Application Testing Suite component in Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 12.4.0.2 and 12.5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Test Manager for Web Apps. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this is a directory traversal vulnerability in the ActionServlet servlet, which allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the tempfilename parameter in a ReportImage action.

Exploitation Status

Forecast only (55% 30-day chance)

Nothing has been published about exploiting this CVE. EPSS nonetheless forecasts it in the top 1.0% of all scored CVEs: a model prediction, not an observation, and the only signal available for a record with no other.

CVSS E:U

CISA KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 55% chance in 30 days A model prediction, not an observation. Higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek Defense Posture

Protected by RASP

A Waratek agent blocks this today.

Applicable rule: Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a directory traversal vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR path-traversal security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

Protection full a general security rule for the vulnerability class
Action available security rule
Review automated inferred
Record active

Decided by secure-rule-match : A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

Finding Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a directory traversal vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR path-traversal security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

Decided by	`secure-rule-match` : A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding	Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a directory traversal vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR path-traversal security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

CVSS

6.5 v2.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 1 metric

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 2.0 6.5 no band published AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary published

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 2.0	6.5	no band published	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary	published

Affected Software & Releases

🏛️ Oracle CPU Advisories & Products

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle named in risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q1	Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control / Test Manager for Web Apps (12.4.0.2, 12.5.0.2)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle named in risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q1

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control / Test Manager for Web Apps (12.4.0.2, 12.5.0.2)

Indexed Oracle Components & Versions

Family	Component	Oracle's version cell (verbatim)	Indexed as
Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control	Test Manager for Web Apps	12.4.0.2, 12.5.0.2	12.4.0.2 · 12.5.0.2

Family

Component

Oracle's version cell (verbatim)

Indexed as

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control

Test Manager for Web Apps

12.4.0.2, 12.5.0.2

12.4.0.2 · 12.5.0.2

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

1 product(s) over 2 version claims (uncapped)

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected Versions
nvd	oracle	application testing suite	generic	12.4.0.2 · 12.5.0.2

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected Versions

nvd

oracle

application testing suite

generic

12.4.0.2 · 12.5.0.2

References

URL	Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81184	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034734	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-038	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

URL

Timeline

Published 2016-01-21 Last modified 2026-06-17

Published	2016-01-21	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2016-01-21

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Pipeline policy audit (17 of 21 rules evaluated)

17 of 21 rules ran. The rest were never reached, because an earlier stage settled the CVE, a distinct claim from a rule that ran and found nothing.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? first match wins

1 rejected no-match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is the vulnerability ARMR's to address? first match wins

2 armr-patch-file no-match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no-match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no-match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no-match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no-match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no-match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in. Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 osv-maven no-match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central

9 cna-maven-package no-match An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

10 known-cpe-product matched Queued for review Matches known products: oracle/application_testing_suite

11 cna-cpe-product not-reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

12 oracle-advisory-family not-reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

13 non-deployable-product not-reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

14 unmatched-product not-reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? cumulative: every rule gets a turn

15 patch-hint no-match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

16 open-source-maven no-match The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

17 poc-derivable no-match An indexed exploit to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

18 no-exploit matched No fix identified No public exploits or POCs found in Exploit-DB, Nuclei templates, or GitHub POC repositories, and CISA's Vulnrichment assessment records no demonstrated exploit. No upstream fix reference or open-source Maven package was found either, so there is nothing to act on from either direction.

19 secure-rule-match decided it matched Protected by RASP Description mentions "directory traversal" — mitigable by an ARMR path-traversal security rule (CWE not assigned).

20 below-action-threshold skipped Medium or Low severity, no KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

21 no-exploit-published skipped A published working exploit for this candidate, not only a proof of concept, a forecast, or nothing at all

What the scope rules read

The products the record named, and whether known-products.yaml tracks them. This is the evidence the scope stage decided on.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

oracle application_testing_suite tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:12.4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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