VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5747
A security vulnerability in cookie handling in the http stack implementation in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging predictable cookies.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.94%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A security vulnerability in cookie handling in the http stack implementation in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging predictable cookies.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- novell/edirectory
- Source
- security@opentext.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.