6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.015 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.1%
IBM Websphere application server is prone to a code execution vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.809349");
script_version("2024-02-20T05:05:48+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5983");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-20 05:05:48 +0000 (Tue, 20 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-11-28 20:30:00 +0000 (Mon, 28 Nov 2016)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-13 14:40:54 +0530 (Thu, 13 Oct 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_name("IBM Websphere Application Server Code Execution vulnerability (Oct 2016)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"IBM Websphere application server is prone to a code execution vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an improper validation
of a serialized object from untrusted sources.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow a remote
authenticated users to execute arbitrary Java code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
7.0 before 7.0.0.43, 8.0 before 8.0.0.13, 8.5 before 8.5.5.11, 9.0 before
9.0.0.2, and Liberty before 16.0.0.4");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to IBM WebSphere Application
Server (WAS) to 7.0.0.43, or 8.0.0.13, or 8.5.5.11, or 9.0.0.2 or Liberty
Fix 16.0.0.4 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990060");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93162");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_ibm_websphere_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ibm_websphere_application_server/installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!wasVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE))
exit(0);
liberty = get_kb_item("ibm_websphere_application_server/liberty/profile/installed");
if (liberty)
{
if(version_is_less(version:wasVer, test_version:"16.0.0.4"))
{
fix = "16.0.0.4";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
else
{
if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"7.0", test_version2:"7.0.0.41"))
{
fix = "7.0.0.43";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"8.0", test_version2:"8.0.0.12"))
{
fix = "8.0.0.13";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"8.5", test_version2:"8.5.5.10"))
{
fix = "8.5.5.11";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:wasVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.0.0.1"))
{
fix = "9.0.0.2";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
if(VULN)
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wasVer, fixed_version:fix);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.015 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.1%