IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0/8.5/9.0 Web Services Security information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.7 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0/8.5/9.0 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Web Services Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security after using the Admin Console to update the web services security bindings settings. IBM X-Force ID: 129576.
The bug was discovered 08/15/2017. The weakness was published 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1501 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/09/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370539 (IBM WebSphere Admin Console Weak Cipher Vulnerability (swg22006810)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/30/2016 🔍08/15/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: ibm.com
Researcher: IBM
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-1501 (🔍)
X-Force: 129576
SecurityTracker: 1039199
SecurityFocus: 100394 - IBM WebSphere Application Server CVE-2017-1501 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 08/18/2017 22:55Updated: 01/09/2021 17:56
Changes: 08/18/2017 22:55 (59), 11/09/2019 09:31 (10), 01/09/2021 17:52 (3), 01/09/2021 17:56 (1)
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