CVE-2016-5988 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
An authenticated user can access sensitive information via error messages in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5988?
CVE-2016-5988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Privileged Identity Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5988?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5988?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5988 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5988 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-2016-5958 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-2996 Path traversal in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv65-hmj5-p9wh.