CVE-2016-2978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Sametime 8.5.2 and 9.0 could store potentially sensitive information from the browser cache locally that could be available to a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 113938.

Published: 2017-08-29

Score: 3.3 Low

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

IBM

Sametime

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5.2`	affected	—
`8.5.2.1`	affected	—
`9.0`	affected	—
`9.0.0.1`	affected	—
`9.0.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:8.5.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:8.5.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:9.0.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:9.0.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:9.0.1:::::::*

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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-2016-4051	IBM Sametime 8.5.2 and 9.0 could store potentially sensitive information from the browser cache locally that could be available to a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 113938.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

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 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006441
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100572
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113938

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Sametime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-08-29T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:57:06.258Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-2978

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-29T21:29:00.447

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-2978

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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