CVE-2016-5963 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 does not properly validate updates, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-09-26

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.8% 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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-6897	IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 does not properly validate updates, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01767.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93076

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-09-26T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.706Z

Reserved: 2016-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5963

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-26T04:59:23.013

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5963

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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