CVE-2016-8960

moderate-risk
Published 2017-03-27

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.53% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Cognos Business Intelligence
Cognos Business Intelligence
Cognos Business Intelligence
Cognos Business Intelligence

Affected Vendors

Ibm

References (4)

Patch http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963
Patch http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low