CVE-2016-1543
The RPC API in the RSCD agent in BMC BladeLogic Server Automation (BSA) 8.2.x, 8.3.x, 8.5.x, 8.6.x, and 8.7.x on Linux and UNIX allows…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 71.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The RPC API in the RSCD agent in BMC BladeLogic Server Automation (BSA) 8.2.x, 8.3.x, 8.5.x, 8.6.x, and 8.7.x on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to bypass authorization and reset arbitrary user passwords by sending an action packet to xmlrpc after an authorization failure.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- BMC Server Automation RSCD Agent NSH Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/misc/bmc_server_automation_rscd_nsh_rceRank excellentdisclosed 16 Mar 2016
Exploit-DB2 entries
- BMC Server Automation RSCD Agent - NSH Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43939remote, multiplepublished 1 Feb 2018Verified
- BMC BladeLogic 8.3.00.64 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43902remote, multiplepublished 26 Jan 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 43902 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43939 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 71.9% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- https://www.insinuator.net/2016/03/bmc-bladelogic-cve-2016-1542-and-cve-2016-1543/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20160328 BMC-2015-0011: Unauthorized password reset vulnerability in BMC Server Automation (BSA) (CVE-2016-1543) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 43902 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43939 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136462/BMC-Server-Automation-BSA-RSCD-Agent-Unauthorized-Password-Reset.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://selfservice.bmc.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=kA214000000dBpnCAE&type=Solution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-2638 (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)
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