High severity · published Mar 27, 2017
CVE-2016-8960
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the…
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CB
Cognos Business Intelligence · IBM Corporation
10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2; 2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8960
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8960
Patch
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963
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