CVE-2016-6100 Cross-site request forgery in Atlas Policy Suite
An attacker can trick users into performing unauthorized actions in IBM Atlas Policy Suite via cross-site request forgery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6100?
CVE-2016-6100 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Atlas Policy Suite, published on 5 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT and IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management, components of IBM Atlas Policy Suite 6.0.3 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM Reference #: 2000771.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6100?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Disposal and Governance Management for It, Ibm Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6100?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-6100 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6100 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wqjx-8mr5-qxh5.