What is CVE-2016-2943?

CVE-2016-2943 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 1.9/10. Published 2016-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-2943?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 1.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Bigfix Remote Control

CVE-2016-2943

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging unspecified privileges to read a log file.

Published 2016-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.9% 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 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/94617 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2943?: CVE-2016-2943 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 1.9/10. Published 2016-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-2943?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 1.9 out of 10.