CVE-2016-5957 — IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and obtain sensitive information by leveraging a weak algorithm

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IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and obtain sensitive information by leveraging a weak algorithm

Published Sep 26, 2016

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.36%

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and obtain sensitive information by leveraging a weak algorithm.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.36% 0.01363

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

EPSS probability 0.01363

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	1.36% (0.01363)	70.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.36% (0.01363)	68.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.25% (0.00247)	46.05th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.20% (0.00199)	58.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.20% (0.00199)	55.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (2)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93083
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93083		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Sep 26, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 29, 2016

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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