What is CVE-2016-0396?

CVE-2016-0396 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-0396?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Bigfix Platform

CVE-2016-0396

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager could allow a user under special circumstances to inject commands that would be executed with unnecessary higher privileges than expected.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
IBM Corporation Bigfix Platform — versions 9.5, 9.0, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94155 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0396?: CVE-2016-0396 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-0396?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.