CVE-2016-2944 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control versions prior to 9.1.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks due to insufficient restrictions on failed login attempts. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_remote_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.