CVE-2016-8966 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in IBM BigFix Inventory v9 due to the lack of proper HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) enforcement. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via man-in-the-middle (MITM) techniques, requiring high attack complexity but no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_inventory:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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