Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-6111

IBM Curam Social Program Management 6.0 and 7.0 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM Reference #: 2000833.
Published 2017-03-31 18:59:00
Updated 2017-04-04 18:46:10
Source IBM Corporation
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: XML external entity (XXE) injectionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2016-6111

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-6111

EPSS FAQ
0.15%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 52 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-6111

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
8.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
10.0
7.8
 NIST
9.1
 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.9
5.2
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-6111

  • The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-6111

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