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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2/7.3. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation with the input /../ as part of Request leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-1723. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2/7.3 (Log Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with the input value /../ leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 134812.

The bug was discovered 04/24/2018. The weakness was released 04/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1723 since 11/30/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/07/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 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 370964 (IBM QRadar multiple vulnerabilities (swg22015804,swg22015802,swg22015799)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-117144 and VDB-117145. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Log Management Software

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• IBM

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• Security QRadar SIEM

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• 7.2
• 7.3

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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