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CVE-2013-3323· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability exists in IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.5, 7.1, and 6.2, when WebSeal with Basic Authentication is used

A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability exists in IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.5, 7.1, and 6.2, when WebSeal with Basic Authentication is used, due to a failure to invalidate the authentication session, which could let a malicious user obtain unauthorized access.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 18, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.9% · 86th percentile
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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmchange and configuration management database
ibmmaximo asset management
ibmmaximo asset management essentials
ibmmaximo for government
ibmmaximo for life sciences
ibmmaximo for nuclear power
ibmmaximo for oil and gas
ibmmaximo for transportation
ibmmaximo for utilities
ibmmaximo service desk
ibmsmartcloud control desk
ibmtivoli asset management for it

and 1 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm change and configuration management database7.1
  • ibm change and configuration management database7.2
  • ibm maximo asset management6.2
  • ibm maximo asset management7.1
  • ibm maximo asset management7.5
  • ibm maximo asset management essentials6.2
  • ibm maximo asset management essentials7.1
  • ibm maximo asset management essentials7.5
  • ibm maximo for government6.2
  • ibm maximo for government7.1
  • ibm maximo for government7.5
  • ibm maximo for life sciences6.2
  • ibm maximo for life sciences6.4
  • ibm maximo for life sciences6.5
  • ibm maximo for life sciences7.1
  • ibm maximo for life sciences7.5
  • ibm maximo for nuclear power6.2
  • ibm maximo for nuclear power6.3
  • ibm maximo for nuclear power7.1
  • ibm maximo for nuclear power7.5

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-0104IBM Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT, Tivoli Service Request Manager, and Change and Configuration Management Database 7.1 through 7.1.1.8
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2015-0107IBM Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT, Tivoli Service Request Manager, and Change and Configuration Management Database 7.1 through 7.1.1.8
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2012-2183Session fixation vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management 6.2 through 7.5, as used in SmartCloud Control Desk, Tivoli Asset Management f
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2012-2184Session fixation vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.5, as used in SmartCloud Control Desk, Tivoli Asset Management f
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2012-0714Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management 6.2 through 7.5, as used in SmartCloud Control Desk, Tivoli A
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2015-4966IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13, 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.9 FP009, and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.2 IFIX001; Maximo Asset Management 7.5.
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-269 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

yaml
kind: ClusterRolerules:  - apiGroups: ["*"]    resources: ["*"]    verbs: ["*"]

Fixed

yaml
kind: Rolemetadata:  namespace: lodos-systemrules:  - apiGroups: ["apps"]    resources: ["deployments"]    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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