CVE-2016-5958 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
Remote attackers can intercept session cookies due to missing secure flags, leading to sensitive information disclosure and potential account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5958?
CVE-2016-5958 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Privileged Identity Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the secure flag for the session cookie in SSL mode. By intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to capture the cookie and obtain sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5958?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5958?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5958 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5958 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5958 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5964 Security feature bypass in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2018-1640 Command injection in Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2018-1618 Path traversal in Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5988 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-2996 Path traversal in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prc2-gwpw-8w6f.