CVE-2016-5964 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance version 2.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials.

Published: 2017-02-01

Score: 9.8 Critical

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 Corporation

Privileged Identity Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.1`	affected	—
`1.0.1.1`	affected	—
`2.0.0`	affected	—
`2.0.1`	affected	—
`2.0.2`	affected	—
`2.1.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-6898	IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance version 2.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00386.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994065
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94308

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-02-01T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.781Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5964

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-01T20:59:01.380

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

Link: CVE-2016-5964

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-284

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