What is CVE-2015-4996?

CVE-2015-4996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Clearquest, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2016-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2015-4996?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Rational Clearquest

CVE-2015-4996

IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x and 8.0.0.x before 8.0.0.17 and 8.0.1.x before 8.0.1.10 allows local users to spoof database servers and discover credentials via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.2% 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 Rational Clearquest — versions 7.1, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034558 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4996?: CVE-2015-4996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Clearquest, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2016-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2015-4996?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.