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CVE-2016-0252

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0252 describes a vulnerability in IBM Control Center 6.x and Sterling Control Center 5.4.x that allows a local attacker to decrypt the master key through unspecified vectors. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) has a low attack complexity and could lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_center:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_control_center:5.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_control_center:5.4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_control_center:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_control_center:5.4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory