CVE-2016-2949 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading cached web pages from a different user's session.

Published: 2016-11-30

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_remote_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4022	IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading cached web pages from a different user's session.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00309.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV89740
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991959
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94608

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Bigfix Remote Control

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-11-30T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:13.784Z

Reserved: 2016-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2949

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-30T11:59:12.327

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:44:43.030

Link: CVE-2016-2949

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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