CVE-2016-8964 describes an inadequate account lockout setting in IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 and IBM License Metric Tool, allowing remote attackers to brute force account credentials. This vulnerability is rated Critical (CVSS 9.8) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.0, < 9.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_inventory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.