CVE-2015-1996

low

Published 2015-11-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

2.1

VIR risk

2.1

Description

IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.x before 7.2.5 Patch 5 does not prevent caching of HTTPS responses, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive local-cache information by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970139

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	security_qradar_incident_forensics	`7.2.0`
ibm	security_qradar_incident_forensics	`7.2.1`
ibm	security_qradar_incident_forensics	`7.2.2`
ibm	security_qradar_incident_forensics	`7.2.3`
ibm	security_qradar_incident_forensics	`7.2.4`
ibm	security_qradar_incident_forensics	`7.2.5`

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970139
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970139

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.