What is CVE-2016-0287?

CVE-2016-0287 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM I Access, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-0287?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-0287 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in IBM I Access

CVE-2016-0287

IBM i Access 7.1 on Windows allows local users to discover registry passwords via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-07-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM I Access — versions 7.1
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

silentsignal/ACS-dump

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/91706 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-18

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0287?: CVE-2016-0287 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM I Access, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-0287?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-0287 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.