CVE-2016-2951 — IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly set the default encryption strength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data

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IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly set the default encryption strength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data

Published Nov 30, 2016

3.7

LOW

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.66%

Description

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly set the default encryption strength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.66% 0.00660

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00660

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.66% (0.00660)	49.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.66% (0.00660)	46.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00132)	30.32th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.20% (0.00199)	58.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.20% (0.00199)	56.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (3)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV89785
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991885
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94601
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV89785		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991885		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94601		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Nov 30, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-2951

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-2951

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-2951