CVE-2016-9981

high

Published 2017-08-02 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.1

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.0.0`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.0.1`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.1.0`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.1.1`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.2.0`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.2.1`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.3.0`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.3.1`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.3.4`
ibm	security_appscan	`9.0.3.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-384

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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