CVE•Published 2017-02-03•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-6500Forgerock · Racf_connector
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Unspecified methods in the RACF Connector component before 1.1.1.0 in ForgeRock OpenIDM and OpenICF improperly call the SearchControls constructor with returnObjFlag set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-03
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-2016-6500Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Forgerock Racf Connector"All exposed Forgerock Racf Connector instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Racf Connector"HTTP body or banner mentions "Racf Connector" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-6500Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-6500Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-6500Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-6500GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-6500" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (3)
CVE-2016-65003 repos