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CVE-2016-8960

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.54%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-8960
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.54%

Original NVD Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.