THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2908
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2908

Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
IBM Single Sign On for Bluemix could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference
Published
2017-02-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2908

  • Confirm whether Ibm Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2908.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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