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Improper Access Control

CVE-2016-5990

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance allows an authenticated user to upload malicious files that would be automatically executed by the server.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

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