HIGH
IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation by not properly distinguishing internal group memberships from user registry group memberships
Published Sep 26, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.52%
Description
IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation by not properly distinguishing internal group memberships from user registry group memberships. By manipulating LDAP group membership an attack might gain privileged access. IBM X-Force ID: 130807.
Affected products
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- Version 7.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.1.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.1.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.0.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.6StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.6.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.6.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201606StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201609StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201612StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201703StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201706StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| IBM | Business Process Manager Advanced | n/a |
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OR
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.2
- 7.5.1.2
- 7.5.1.2
- 7.5.1.2
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.7.0
- 8.5.7.0
- 8.5.7.0
- 8.5.7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.52% 0.01521
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01521
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01521) | 73.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01521) | 71.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00628) | 68.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 50.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 49.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 47.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 6.22% (0.06221) | 82.08th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 6.22% (0.06221) | 81.91th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 6.22% (0.06221) | 89.86th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 6.22% (0.06221) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807 x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807 | x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner ibm
Published Sep 26, 2017
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Nov 30, 2016
Link CVE-2017-1539
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a