CVE-2016-2959 Privilege escalation in Sametime
A meeting room manager can improperly remove the primary manager's privileges, leading to unauthorized privilege escalation within the meeting server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2959?
CVE-2016-2959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sametime, published on 29 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Sametime Meeting Server 8.5.2 and 9.0 could allow a meeting room manager to remove the primary managers privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 113804.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2959?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Sametime.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-2959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sametime
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hvx8-72rj-4gwh.