CVE-2016-2948
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via...
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via unspecified vectors.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-2948- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-2948- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4021 No score
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4021- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x32f-4vmq-gfgv
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via...
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 allows local users to discover hardcoded credentials via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-x32f-4vmq-gfgv- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- 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-2016-2948 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) 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 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.