What is CVE-2016-5971?

CVE-2016-5971 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

XXE in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

CVE-2016-5971

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (62.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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-2016-5971?: CVE-2016-5971 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.