CVE-2016-5996

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

1.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Published

2016-09-26 01:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-29

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

60ccb997eb3b249d5b7733f9247dbe5f47e476a5865d373ec0dcdfd4b0d8f3f1

• www.securityfocus.com93138http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93138vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990216x_refsource_CONFIRM