CVE-2017-1539
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.52% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/business process manager
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.