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CVE-2016-0236

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0236 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor versions 8.2, 9.x, and 10.x, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_database_activity_monitor:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_database_activity_monitor:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_database_activity_monitor:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_database_activity_monitor:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_database_activity_monitor:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93823