CVE-2016-8964 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.

Published: 2017-07-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.4% 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

BigFix Inventory

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_inventory::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool::::::::

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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-2016-9789	IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

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 0.02438.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995024
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99548
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038919
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118853

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Bigfix Inventory License Metric Tool

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-07-13T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:17:51.455Z

Reserved: 2016-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8964

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-13T15:29:00.283

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

Link: CVE-2016-8964

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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