CVE-2016-3016 Code injection in Access Manager
An authenticated attacker can load malicious code by exploiting insufficient verification of patch and backup integrity in IBM Security Access Manager for Web.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-3016?
CVE-2016-3016 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in IBM Corporation Access Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Access Manager for Web processes patches, image backups and other updates without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code, which could allow an authenticated attacker to load malicious code.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3016?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Ibm Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Mobile 8.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3016?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2016-3016 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3016 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Access Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prq3-j8m2-5xg7.