What is CVE-2016-5963?

CVE-2016-5963 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5963?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

CVE-2016-5963

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.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance — versions 2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5963?: CVE-2016-5963 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5963?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.