CVE-2016-5748 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability in the "risk score" application of NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 could be used to disclose the content of local files to logged-in users.

External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability in the "risk score" application of NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 could be used to disclose the content of local files to logged-in users.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

NetIQ Access Manager

First reported 7 years ago

2017-03-23 06:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-03-24 14:18:00

Affected Software

NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 Service Pack 1

4.1

NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 Service Pack 2

4.1

NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 Service Pack 1

4.2

References

https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017797

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