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.

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…

EPSS: 0.005 (67.4th 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 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)

CWE-264

References

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

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.