CVE-2016-8960

Published: Mar 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Ibm: Cognos Business Intelligence

Ibm

1 product

Cognos Business Intelligence

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence	Version 10.2.1.1
Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence	Version 10.2.1
Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence	Version 10.2.2
Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence	Version 10.2

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (4)

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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