CVE•Published 2017-01-23•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-10157Akamai · Netsession
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Akamai NetSession 1.9.3.1 is vulnerable to DLL Hijacking: it tries to load CSUNSAPI.dll without supplying the complete path. The issue is aggravated because the mentioned DLL is missing from the installation, thus making it possible to hijack the DLL and subsequently inject code within the Akamai NetSession process space.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-23
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-10157Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Akamai Netsession" version:"1.9.3.1"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Netsession"HTTP body or banner mentions "Netsession" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-10157Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-10157Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-10157Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-10157GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-10157" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.