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 higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-03-27 22:59

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2016-8960

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8960

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8960

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

cognos_business_intelligence

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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