What is CVE-2016-2952?

CVE-2016-2952 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-2952?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Bigfix Remote Control

CVE-2016-2952

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not enable the HSTS protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of HTTP.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · 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.securityfocus.com/bid/94598 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2952?: CVE-2016-2952 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-2952?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.