CVE-2016-2931
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext...
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.
- Record
CVE-2016-2931- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.
- Record
CVE-2016-2931- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4004 No score
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4004- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-32wf-3wxg-68pf
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext...
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.
- Record
GHSA-32wf-3wxg-68pf- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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-2016-2931 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ibm Bigfix Remote Control, published November 30, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.54%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.