CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9703

Session Fixation

Published: Feb 01, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
2.4
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance does not invalidate session tokens which could allow an unauthorized user with physical access to the work station to obtain sensitive information.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.0.0 (including) 7.0.0.0 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.0.1 (including) 7.0.0.1 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.0.2 (including) 7.0.0.2 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.0.3 (including) 7.0.0.3 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.1.0 (including) 7.0.1.0 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.1.1 (including) 7.0.1.1 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.1.2 (including) 7.0.1.2 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.1.3 (including) 7.0.1.3 (including)
Security_identity_manager_virtual_appliance Ibm 7.0.1.4 (including) 7.0.1.4 (including)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

In the generic exploit of session fixation vulnerabilities, an attacker creates a new session on a web application and records the associated session identifier. The attacker then causes the victim to associate, and possibly authenticate, against the server using that session identifier, giving the attacker access to the user’s account through the active session.

Potential Mitigations

References