CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9981

Session Fixation

Published: Aug 02, 2017 | Modified: Aug 14, 2017
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM AppScan Enterprise Edition 9.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an attacker to hijack a valid users session. IBM X-Force ID: 120257

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_appscan Ibm 9.0.0.0 (including) 9.0.0.0 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.0.1 (including) 9.0.0.1 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.1.0 (including) 9.0.1.0 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.1.1 (including) 9.0.1.1 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.2.0 (including) 9.0.2.0 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.2.1 (including) 9.0.2.1 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.3.0 (including) 9.0.3.0 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.3.1 (including) 9.0.3.1 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.3.4 (including) 9.0.3.4 (including)
Security_appscan Ibm 9.0.3.5 (including) 9.0.3.5 (including)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References