01 Record

CVE-2016-2871

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 before MR2 Patch 13 and 7.2 before 7.2.7 uses cleartext storage for unspecified passwords, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a configuration file.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 23.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-11-30 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-09

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-255

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0bf1f8db5afbdfe2f6082f360039530b98641990532abd0be34bdfa258eba47a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_managerNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com94861http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94861vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987769x_refsource_CONFIRM