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

EPSS: 0.008 (51.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.