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CVE-2016-2943

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2943 describes a low-severity information disclosure vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control versions prior to 9.1.3. A local attacker with high privileges could exploit this flaw to read sensitive information from a log file. The CVSS score is 1.9 (LOW), indicating a low attack complexity and limited impact, specifically a loss 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
<= 9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_remote_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

1.9LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 67 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94617