What is CVE-2016-8962?

CVE-2016-8962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Inventory, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-8962?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Inventory

CVE-2016-8962

IBM BigFix Inventory 9.2 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 118851.

Published 2017-04-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Inventory
IBM Corporation Bigfix Inventory — versions , 9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98030 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038360 (vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8962?: CVE-2016-8962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Inventory, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-8962?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.