CVE-2016-5988
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information...
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
- Record
CVE-2016-5988- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
- Record
CVE-2016-5988- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6922 No score
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6922- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hv65-hmj5-p9wh
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information...
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
- Record
GHSA-hv65-hmj5-p9wh- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5988 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager, published February 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.