CVE-2016-2978

low
Published 2017-08-29 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
3.3

Description

IBM Sametime 8.5.2 and 9.0 could store potentially sensitive information from the browser cache locally that could be available to a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 113938.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113938

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006441

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmsametime8.5.2.0
ibmsametime8.5.2.1
ibmsametime9.0.0.0
ibmsametime9.0.0.1
ibmsametime9.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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