CVE-2015-5017

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13, 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.8 IFIX005, and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.2 IFIX002; Maximo Asset Management 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.8 IFIX005, 7.5.1, and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.2 IFIX002 for SmartCloud Control Desk; and Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.2 for Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT and certain other products allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and establish a login session by entering an expired password.

Affected products

IBM Change And Configuration Management Database: 7.1, 7.2
IBM Maximo Asset Management: 7.1, 7.5, 7.6
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials: 7.1, 7.5
IBM Maximo For Energy Optimization: 7.1
IBM Maximo For Government: 7.1, 7.5
IBM Maximo For Life Sciences: 7.1, 7.5, 7.6
IBM Maximo For Nuclear Power: 7.1, 7.5
IBM Maximo For Oil And Gas: 7.1, 7.5
IBM Maximo For Transportation: 7.1, 7.5
IBM Maximo For Utilities: 7.1, 7.5
IBM Smartcloud Control Desk: 7.5, 7.6
IBM Tivoli Asset Management For It: 7.1, 7.2
IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager: 7.1, 7.2

References

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