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    CVE-2016-8980

    IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

    Published:Feb 1, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Feb 1, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00359
    CVSS Score:8.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Hp
    Product
    Hp-ux
    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Aix
    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Bigfix Inventory
    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    License Metric Tool
    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Solaris

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High