{"id":"CVE-2016-2999","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2999","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:35.621Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-09-26T04:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:44:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["ibm/connections"],"epss":{"score":0.01216,"percentile":0.68387,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO89962","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93147","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989067","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO89962","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93147","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989067","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2999","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}