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CVE-2016-5979

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5979 describes a vulnerability in IBM Distributed Marketing versions 8.6, 9.0, and 10.0. A privileged, authenticated user could create an instance with an invalid security profile, rendering the new instance inaccessible to its intended user. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.7, indicating a low impact (availability) with high privileges required and no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:distributed_marketing:8.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:distributed_marketing:8.6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:distributed_marketing:8.6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:distributed_marketing:8.6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:distributed_marketing:8.6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

2.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 708 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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