CVE-2016-8960

Published Mar 27, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9785 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:35 AM
Reserved
Oct 25, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 27, 2017, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:55 AM