CVE-2016-9977 Auth bypass in Maximo Asset Management
Remote attackers can hijack user sessions due to improper session invalidation, allowing unauthorized access to other users' accounts.
- 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-2016-9977?
CVE-2016-9977 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Maximo Asset Management, published on 7 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a remote attacker to hijack a user's session, caused by the failure to invalidate an existing session identifier. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to another user's session. IBM X-Force ID: 120253.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9977?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Maximo Asset Management, Ibm Maximo Asset Management Essentials.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9977?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2016-9977 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Maximo Asset Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wgwp-547x-6m92.