CVE-2016-2880

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-320

Description

IBM QRadar 7.2 stores the encryption key used to encrypt the service account password which can be obtained by a local user. IBM Reference #: 1997340.

Affected products

IBM QRadar SIEM: 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5 (+2)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21997340
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96614
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21997340
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96614

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