CVE-2016-5979 Business logic in Distributed Marketing
Privileged users can create instances with invalid security profiles, rendering them inaccessible to intended users.
- 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-2016-5979?
CVE-2016-5979 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Distributed Marketing, published on 15 May 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Distributed Marketing 8.6, 9.0, and 10.0 could allow a privileged authenticated user to create an instance that gets created with security profile not valid for the templates, that results in the new instance not accessible for the intended user. IBM X-Force ID: 116379.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5979?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Distributed Marketing.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5979?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5979 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5979 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Distributed Marketing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rq24-45qx-qfx2.