CVE-2016-5963 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance versions 2.x prior to 2.0.2 FP8, where improper update validation allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this flaw permits a low-privileged attacker on the network to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and potential for remote code execution, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.