{"id":"CVE-2017-1539","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-1539","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:03:22.802Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-09-26T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:14:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","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":[],"affected":["ibm/business process manager"],"epss":{"score":0.01521,"percentile":0.74457,"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 (1.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1539","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."}