CVE-2016-9691

Published May 5, 2017

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 119515.
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
8.6
Impact score
4.7
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9
Impact score
8.5
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-611

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations