CVE-2016-3027

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Security Access Manager for Web is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

Affected products

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware: 9.0.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1.0
IBM Security Access Manager For Mobile 8.0 Firmware: 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.1.0, 8.0.1.2 (+2)
IBM Security Access Manager For Web 8.0 Firmware: 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.1.0, 8.0.1.2 (+2)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994440
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96127
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994440
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96127

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