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CVE-2016-5979

Published: May 15, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
NVD MITRE
2.7CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 48.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

IBM Distributed Marketing 8.6, 9.0, and 10.0 could allow a privileged authenticated user to create an instance that gets created with security profile not valid for the templates, that results in the new instance not accessible for the intended user. IBM X-Force ID: 116379.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

distributed marketingibm
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Distributed MarketingIBM Corporation
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
ibmcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka international business machines
ibm corporationcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka ibm

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999526
ibm.com

Timeline

Published
May 15, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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