Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-5749

Title: Netiq Access Manager XML External Entity (XXE)

XXE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-5749.

CWE Category CWE-611

Published Date Mar 23, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-5749: NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 HF 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 was parsing incoming SAML requests with external entity resolution enabled, which could lead to local file disclosure via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

Impacted Vendors

netiq 1

capmon 1

novell 1

Reference Links

https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017806 https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017806

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns