What is CVE-2016-9165?

CVE-2016-9165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ca Unified Infrastructure Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-9165?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ca Unified Infrastructure Management

CVE-2016-9165

The get_sessions servlet in CA Unified Infrastructure Management (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor) before 8.5 and CA Unified Infrastructure Management Snap (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap) allows remote attackers to obtain active session ids and consequently bypass authentication or gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.043 (90.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ca Unified_infrastructure_management
Ca Unified_infrastructure_management_snap
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9165?: CVE-2016-9165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ca Unified Infrastructure Management, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-9165?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.