What is CVE-2016-2875?

CVE-2016-2875 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-2875?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2016-2875

IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.1.x and 7.2.x before 7.2.7 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.020 · change: +0.003

Affected products

IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager — versions 7.1.0, 7.2.0, 7.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92333 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2875?: CVE-2016-2875 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-2875?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.