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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-7436 · published 2 January 2016

CVE-2015-7436: Ibm tivoli common reporting permissions and access controls vulnerability

Ibm · Tivoli Common Reporting

IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 preserves user permissions across group-add and group-remove operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging administrative changes to group membership.

2.5 CVSS 3.0 Low EPSS 0.28% · top 81.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
2.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 1.9
0.28%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 preserves user permissions across group-add and group-remove operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging administrative changes to group membership.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21972799 Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21972799 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-7436), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.