CVE-2016-9739 Information disclosure in Identity Manager

What is CVE-2016-9739?

CVE-2016-9739 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Identity Manager, published on 1 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9739?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Identity Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9739?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9739 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-9739 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9739 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Identity Manager

• CVE-2018-1969 File upload in Security Identity Manager Critical 9.0
• CVE-2018-1453 File upload in Security Identity Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-0335 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2014-6106 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-4561 Deserialization in Security Identity Manager High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-gv2q-rp6h-64fg.