IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary…

published 2016-09-26 10y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2016-6905

cvss: 7.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

www-01.ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/93081
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-5971
NVD CVE-2016-5971

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