What is CVE-2016-6065?

CVE-2016-6065 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-6065?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Security Guardium

CVE-2016-6065

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor appliance could allow a local user to inject commands that would be executed as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium — versions 8.2, 9.0, 9.1
IBM Corporation Guardium — versions 10, 10.1, 9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95145 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6065?: CVE-2016-6065 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-6065?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.