What is CVE-2016-2949?

CVE-2016-2949 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-2949?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Bigfix Remote Control

CVE-2016-2949

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading cached web pages from a different user's session.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.4% 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-200 — Information Disclosure

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/94608 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2949?: CVE-2016-2949 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-2949?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.