CVE-2016-3130
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn information disclosure vulnerability in the Core and Management Console in BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 12 through 12.5.2 allows remote attackers to obtain local or domain credentials of an administrator or user account by sniffing traffic between the two elements during a login attempt.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe vulnerability allows remote attackers to sniff network traffic between the BES Core and Management Console during administrator login, intercepting plaintext or weakly encrypted credentials (local or domain). This enables credential theft for privilege escalation or persistent access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 12.1.0= 12.2.0= 12.2.1= 12.3.0= 12.3.1= 12.4.0= 12.4.1= 12.5.0a= 12.5.1= 12.5.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed BES versionCheck the BlackBerry Enterprise Service version installed in your environment through the BES Admin console, installation logs, or the 'BES12' Windows service version informationAffected if The installed version matches any of: 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1.0, 12.2.0, 12.2.1, 12.3.0, 12.3.1, 12.4.0, 12.4.1, 12.5.0a, 12.5.1, or 12.5.2
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Verify SSL/TLS encryption status for BES Core to Console communicationInspect the transport layer security configuration in the BES Server management console or the underlying IIS/web server settings that host the Management Console, looking for enforced SSL/TLS on the endpoints connecting to BES CoreAffected if SSL/TLS encryption is not enforced or is disabled for the communication channel between BES Core and Management Console
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Check network traffic between BES Core and Management ConsoleUse a network packet capture tool on the segment between BES Core and Management Console to observe whether login credentials are transmitted in plaintext or weakly encrypted during administrator authenticationAffected if Credentials are transmitted in plaintext or using weak encryption during the login process
You are affected if your BES version is one of the listed affected versions AND SSL/TLS encryption is not enabled for the BES Core to Management Console communication channel.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement TLS/SSL encryption for all communication channels between BES Core and Management Console components, or apply available vendor patches for BES 12.5.2 and later that address credential transmission security.
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- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-3130 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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