What is CVE-2016-5972?

CVE-2016-5972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5972?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

CVE-2016-5972

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 uses weak permissions for unspecified resources, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-09-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93077 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5972?: CVE-2016-5972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.