CVE-2016-5958

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% 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-200

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the secure flag for the session cookie in SSL mode. By intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to capture the cookie and obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager: 2.0.2, 2.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95196
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95196

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