What is CVE-2016-2928?

CVE-2016-2928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-2928?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Bigfix Remote Control

CVE-2016-2928

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading error logs.

Published 2016-11-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Remote Control

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94556 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2928?: CVE-2016-2928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-2928?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.