CVE-2017-1539 Privilege escalation in Business Process Manager Advanced
Attackers can gain privileged access by manipulating LDAP group memberships due to improper distinction between internal and user registry groups.
- 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-2017-1539?
CVE-2017-1539 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 26 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation by not properly distinguishing internal group memberships from user registry group memberships. By manipulating LDAP group membership an attack might gain privileged access. IBM X-Force ID: 130807.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1539?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Business Process Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1539?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-1539 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1539 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Business Process Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3xh8-3p84-p59c.