CVE-2015-7436

Severity: low (CVSS 2.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Common Reporting: 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.1.2, 3.1, 3.1.0.1, 3.1.0.2 (+2)

References

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

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