IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance allows an authenticated user to upload malicious files that would be automatical…

published 2017-02-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6924

cvss: 6.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

links 2

securityfocus.com/bid/95199 patch
ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996614 advisory

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Corporation Privileged Identity Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996614
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/95199
vdb-entry, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-5990
NVD CVE-2016-5990

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Summary