What is CVE-2016-5967?

CVE-2016-5967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Asset Analyzer, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-5967?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Rational Asset Analyzer

CVE-2016-5967

The installation component in IBM Rational Asset Analyzer (RAA) 6.1.0 before FP10 allows local users to discover the WAS Admin password by reading IM native logs.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.1% 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 Rational Asset Analyzer — versions 6.1.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93145 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5967?: CVE-2016-5967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Asset Analyzer, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-5967?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.