# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-prq3-j8m2-5xg7

## 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 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3016?

It affects 4 products.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2016-2908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2908/): XML external entity in Access Manager (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-1453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1453/): Command injection in Security Access Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-3029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3029/): Cross-site request forgery in Access Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1477/): XML external entity in Security Access Manager (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-5018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5018/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3016 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3016 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Access Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3016/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3016
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3016
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3016

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