CVE-2016-8972

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 70.3% 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.

Published

2017-02-15 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-25

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4d9c85d5835398bc90fc6dfc5b010a865432be6fcdbf0ad2efc6c257c15f8be0

• www.securitytracker.com1037480http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037480vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bellmail_advisory.ascx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94979http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94979vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com40950https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40950/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB