CVE-2016-5988 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.

Published: 2017-02-01

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM Corporation

Privileged Identity Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.1`	affected	—
`1.0.1.1`	affected	—
`2.0.0`	affected	—
`2.0.1`	affected	—
`2.0.2`	affected	—
`2.1.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6922	IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00988.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95198

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-02-01T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.862Z

Reserved: 2016-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5988

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-01T20:59:01.537

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5988

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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