PT-2018-5060 · Information Builders · Webfocus Business Intelligence Portal

Published 2018-09-07 · Updated 2022-12-14 · CVE-2016-9044

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Information Builders WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Portal version 8.1

Description A command execution issue exists due to a specially crafted web parameter that can cause command injection. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted web request.

Recommendations For version 8.1, consider restricting access to vulnerable web parameters to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9044

Affected Products

Webfocus Business Intelligence Portal

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9044 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0315 · Note