VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2879

high
Published 2017-03-01 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

IBM QRadar 7.2 uses outdated hashing algorithms to hash certain passwords, which could allow a local user to obtain and decrypt user credentials. IBM Reference #: 1997341.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.0
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.1
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.2
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.3
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.4
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.5
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.6
ibm ibmqradar_security_information_and_event_manager7.2.7

References

CWEs

CWE-326

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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