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CVE-2016-8966

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

Affected products

• IBM Corporation BigFix Inventory: 9.2
• IBM License Metric Tool: 9.2.0

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995023
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95138
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995023
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95138

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