What is CVE-2016-0292?

CVE-2016-0292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-0292?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Bigfix

CVE-2016-0292

WebReports in IBM BigFix Platform (formerly Tivoli Endpoint Manager) 9.x before 9.5.2 allows local users to discover the cleartext system password by reading a report.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-08-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.2% 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 Bigfix — versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0292?: CVE-2016-0292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-0292?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.