CVE-2016-5966 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.9) stems from the product's failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security, allowing a remote attacker to intercept sensitive data via man-in-the-middle attacks. While the attack complexity is high, successful exploitation could lead to significant data compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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