CVE-2016-6084
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a...
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a specially crafted XMLSchema request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a specially crafted XMLSchema request.
- Record
CVE-2016-6084- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a specially crafted XMLSchema request.
- Record
CVE-2016-6084- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7018 No score
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a specially crafted XMLSchema request.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7018- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8429-c5x8-7qw9
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a...
IBM BigFix Platform could allow an attacker on the local network to crash the BES server using a specially crafted XMLSchema request.
- Record
GHSA-8429-c5x8-7qw9- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6084 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Hclsoftware Bigfix Platform, published February 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.