CVE-2016-5988 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance. An authenticated user could exploit this flaw to view sensitive data embedded within generated error messages. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user authentication, but could lead to a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.