CVE-2015-7436

low
Published 2016-01-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
2.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
2.5

Description

IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 preserves user permissions across group-add and group-remove operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging administrative changes to group membership.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
27%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21972799

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting2.1
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting2.1.1
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting2.1.1.2
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting3.1
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting3.1.0.1
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting3.1.0.2
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting3.1.2
ibm ibmtivoli_common_reporting3.1.2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.