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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-8960 · published 27 March 2017

CVE-2016-8960: Ibm cognos business intelligence permissions and access controls vulnerability

Ibm · Cognos Business Intelligence

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.5% · top 26.0% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.5
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993718 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96963 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-8960), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.