CVE-2016-9977

high
Published 2017-06-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
8.8

Description

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a remote attacker to hijack a user's session, caused by the failure to invalidate an existing session identifier. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to another user's session. IBM X-Force ID: 120253.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120253

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003981

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmmaximo_asset_management7.1
ibmmaximo_asset_management7.5
ibmmaximo_asset_management7.6
ibmmaximo_asset_management_essentials7.1
ibmmaximo_asset_management_essentials7.5

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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