CVE-2016-2999

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Published 2016-09-26 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

IBM Connections 4.x through 4.5 CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via an unspecified brute-force attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989067

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmconnections{"endIncluding":"5.5.0.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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