CVE-2016-5983

Websphere Application Server vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

4.1%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 before 7.0.0.43, 8.0 before 8.0.0.13, 8.5 before 8.5.5.11, 9.0 before 9.0.0.2, and Liberty before 16.0.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted serialized object.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Websphere Application Server

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

Published

2016-10-05

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Ibm Websphere Application Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-5983.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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