CVE-2016-2931 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.

Published: 2016-11-30

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_remote_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4004	IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV89791
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991876
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94984

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Bigfix Remote Control

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-11-30T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:13.747Z

Reserved: 2016-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2931

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-30T11:59:00.200

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2931

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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