CVE-2016-5984 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-5984

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to cross-frame scripting, caused...

Vulnerability Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to cross-frame scripting, caused by insufficient HTML iframe protection. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to navigate to a web page the attacker controls. An attacker could use this vulnerability to conduct clickjacking or other client-side browser attacks.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

IBM Corporation

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Affected Software

InfoSphere Information Server
Vulnerable Versions:
8.1, 8.5, 8.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.7, 9.1, 8.0.1, 10.0, 11.3, 10, 11.3.0.0, 11.3.1.0, 11.5

Timeline

Official Publish: February 1st, 2017
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.