{"id":"CVE-2016-9489","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9489","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:00.876Z","title":"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\".","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.","published":"2018-07-13T20:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269","CWE-255","CWE-264"],"affected":["zohocorp/manageengine applications manager"],"epss":{"score":0.01659,"percentile":0.76515,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/9","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2016-9489.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97394/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/9","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2016-9489.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97394/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9489","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}