CVE•Published 2026-03-16•Modified 2026-06-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-20024

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 91% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-538Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

Description

ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to escalate privileges by modifying executable files. Attackers can exploit world-writable permissions on the ZKTimeNet3.0 directory and its contents to replace executable files with malicious binaries for privilege escalation.

Timeline

Published 2026-03-16

Modified 2026-06-08

External references

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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-2016-20024

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-20024

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-20024

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

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CVE-2016-20024