CVE-2016-8967
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a...
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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 BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
CVE-2016-8967- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
CVE-2016-8967- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9792 No score
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9792- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jxmv-ww7v-4c8f
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a...
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
GHSA-jxmv-ww7v-4c8f- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - 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-2016-8967 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Hcl Software Bigfix Inventory, published February 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.