CVE-2016-8964
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote...
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.
- Record
CVE-2016-8964- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.
- Record
CVE-2016-8964- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9789 No score
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9789- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-84gr-jc26-g5mr
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote...
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.
- Record
GHSA-84gr-jc26-g5mr- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - 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-2016-8964 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Hcl Software Bigfix Inventory, published July 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.23%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.