Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (74.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Cognos Business Intelligence — versions 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.1.1
- IBM Corporation Cognos Business Intelligence — versions 10.2, 10.2.1, 2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8960?
- CVE-2016-8960 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-27.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8960?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.