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CVE-2016-3052

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3052 describes a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere MQ where, under specific non-standard configurations, password data can be transmitted in clear text, making it susceptible to interception via man-in-the-middle attacks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a high confidentiality impact and a high attack complexity, as it requires specific configurations to be present. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 11th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96400