What is CVE-2016-5994?

CVE-2016-5994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-5994?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Infosphere Information Server

CVE-2016-5994

IBM InfoSphere Information Server contains a vulnerability that would allow an authenticated user to browse any file on the engine tier, and examine its contents.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Infosphere Information Server — versions 11.5
IBM Corporation Infosphere Information Server — versions 8.7, 8.1, 11.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93557 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037022 (vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5994?: CVE-2016-5994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-5994?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.