CVE-2016-8960

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM Corporation	Cognos Business Intelligence	10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2; 2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Mar 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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