What is CVE-2016-5997?

CVE-2016-5997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Tealeaf Customer Experience, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5997?

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

Vulnerability in Ibm Tealeaf Customer Experience

CVE-2016-5997

The web portal in IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience before 8.7.1.8847 FP10, 8.8 before 8.8.0.9049 FP9, 9.0.0 and 9.0.1 before 9.0.1.1117 FP5, 9.0.1A before 9.0.1.5108_9.0.1A FP5, 9.0.2 before 9.0.2.1223 FP3, and 9.0.2A before 9.0.2.5224_9.0.2A FP3 does not apply password-quality rules to password changes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Tealeaf_customer_experience — versions 8.8, 9.0.0, 9.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5997?: CVE-2016-5997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Tealeaf Customer Experience, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5997?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.