CVE-2015-7435
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0...
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 allows local users to bypass the Cognos Application Firewall (CAF) protection mechanism via leading whitespace in the BackURL field.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 allows local users to bypass the Cognos Application Firewall (CAF) protection mechanism via leading whitespace in the BackURL field.
- Record
CVE-2015-7435- CVSS 3.0
- 2.5 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 allows local users to bypass the Cognos Application Firewall (CAF) protection mechanism via leading whitespace in the BackURL field.
- Record
CVE-2015-7435- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7359 No score
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 allows local users to bypass the Cognos Application Firewall (CAF) protection mechanism via leading whitespace in the BackURL field.
- Record
EUVD-2015-7359- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-78v4-cfmf-qvqv
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0...
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1 before IF14, 2.1.1 before IF22, 2.1.1.2 before IF9, 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2 IF16, and 3.1.2.1 as used in Cognos Business Intelligence before 10.2.1.1 IF12 allows local users to bypass the Cognos Application Firewall (CAF) protection mechanism via leading whitespace in the BackURL field.
- Record
GHSA-78v4-cfmf-qvqv- CVSS 3.0
- 2.5 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7435 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.5) in Ibm Tivoli Common Reporting, published January 2, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.