CVE-2016-9489 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-9489

ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 is vulnerable to privilege escalation and authentication bypass

Vulnerability Description

In ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 before build 13200, an authenticated user is able to alter all of their own properties, including own group, i.e. changing their group to one with higher privileges like "ADMIN". A user is also able to change properties of another user, e.g. change another user's password.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Thanks to Lukasz Juszczyk for reporting this vulnerability.

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Affected Vendor

ManageEngine

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Affected Software

Applications Manager
Vulnerable Versions:
12, 13

Timeline

Official Publish: July 13th, 2018
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion