CVE-2016-5971

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance: through 2.0.2

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93081
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93081

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