CVE-2016-2959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Sametime Meeting Server 8.5.2 and 9.0 could allow a meeting room manager to remove the primary managers privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 113804.

Published: 2017-08-29

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Sametime

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5.2`	affected	—
`8.5.2.1`	affected	—
`9.0`	affected	—
`9.0.0.1`	affected	—
`9.0.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:8.5.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:8.5.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:9.0.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:9.0.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sametime:9.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4032	IBM Sametime Meeting Server 8.5.2 and 9.0 could allow a meeting room manager to remove the primary managers privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 113804.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006439
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100599
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039231
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113804

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Sametime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-08-29T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:15:03.731Z

Reserved: 2016-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2959

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-29T18:29:00.387

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-2959

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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