CVE-2016-9972

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM QRadar 7.2 and 7.3 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. IBM X-Force ID: 120208.

Affected products

IBM QRadar SIEM: 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5 (+11)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004925
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99268
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120208
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004925
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99268
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120208

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