CVE-2016-8981
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user...
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
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 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
- Record
CVE-2016-8981- 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-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
- Record
CVE-2016-8981- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9806 No score
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9806- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qfmj-rx9x-jp3r
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user...
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
- Record
GHSA-qfmj-rx9x-jp3r- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-8981 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 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.