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CVE-2016-6277

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other…

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NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.
CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.8/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 8.8: +1.32
  • Fresh EPSS: 99.80%: +0.50

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 8 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Security Affairs
Press · 18 Aug 2026, 07:00 · New Mirai-Based Evooo1Bot Botnet Targets Linux Devices - Security Affairs
LinkedIn
Press · 17 Aug 2026, 07:00 · Linux Botnet Turns Devices Including Routers Into Persistent Attacker Infrastructure - LinkedIn
The Hacker News
Press · 17 Aug 2026, 07:00 · Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies - The Hacker News
Infosecurity Magazine
Press · 14 Aug 2026, 07:00 · New Mirai-Based Linux Botnet ‘Evooo1Bot’ Turns Victims Into Proxies - Infosecurity Magazine
GreyNoise
Press · 27 Feb 2025, 08:00 · GreyNoise 2025 Mass Internet Exploitation Report: Attackers Are Moving Faster Than Ever — Are You Ready? - GreyNoise
See all 8 source documents
Bitdefender
Press · 07 Jan 2020, 08:00 · Hold My Beer Mirai – Spinoff Named ‘LiquorBot’ Incorporates Cryptomining - Bitdefender
www.trendmicro.com
Press · 23 May 2019, 07:00 · New Mirai Variant Uses Multiple Exploits - www.trendmicro.com
Infosecurity Magazine
Press · 21 May 2018, 07:00 · New Mirai Variant Adds Three Exploits - Infosecurity Magazine

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.8 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

2

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.8; EPSS 99.8%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:45.780366+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Published
14 Dec 2016, 16:00
First press mention
21 May 2018, 07:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
07 Mar 2022, 00:00
Latest press mention
18 Aug 2026, 07:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:57
PoCs on GitHub
2 repositories