CVE-2016-5959 Information disclosure in Security Privileged Identity Manager
Attackers can access sensitive information stored in URL parameters via logs or history, requiring a patch for IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager.
- 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-2016-5959?
CVE-2016-5959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager, published on 7 Jun 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 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 116136.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5959?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security 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-2016-5958 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5988 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgqh-h8rp-xrwx.