What is CVE-2015-4953?

CVE-2015-4953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2015-4953?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control

CVE-2015-4953

IBM BigFix Remote Control before Interim Fix pack 9.1.2-TIV-IBRC912-IF0001 makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt traffic by leveraging a weakness in its encryption protocol. IBM X-Force ID: 105197.

Published 2018-03-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Remote Control — versions 9.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105197 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4953?: CVE-2015-4953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2015-4953?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.