Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-9749 is a security-bypass issue in IBM Campaign. The public description says an authenticated user with local network access could bypass security because input was not properly validated. The impact is limited in the available scoring, but affected systems can still face unauthorized integrity changes. Exposure is most likely in organizations still running the named legacy IBM Campaign versions, especially where local users or users on internal networks can interact with the affected application environment. Treat this as a moderate legacy-platform risk. It is not shown as actively exploited in the provided sources, but affected IBM Campaign systems should be remediated through vendor guidance because the flaw can weaken security controls. Mitigation focus: Inventory IBM Campaign deployments and identify versions 9.1.0, 9.1.2, 10.0, and 10.1.; Review IBM’s advisory and X-Force entry for the official remediation path.; Prioritize upgrade or vendor-approved fix validation for affected production instances..
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
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CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O2.51.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
4MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ibm-campaign-cve20169749-sec-bypass(120206)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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