IBM Quality Manager up to 5.0.x/6.0.5 code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Quality Manager up to 5.0.x/6.0.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Quality Manager (RQM) 5.0.x and 6.0 through 6.0.5 are vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124628.

The bug was discovered 07/03/2018. The weakness was shared 07/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1248 since 11/30/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/03/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

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.

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

The entries 120468, 120470, 120466 and 120467 are related to this item.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

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Remote: Yes

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11/30/2016 🔍
07/03/2018 +580 days 🔍
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04/03/2023 +1732 days 🔍

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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CVE: CVE-2017-1248 (🔍)
X-Force: 124628

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Created: 07/06/2018 22:04
Updated: 04/03/2023 17:52
Changes: 07/06/2018 22:04 (58), 02/26/2020 08:43 (1), 04/03/2023 17:45 (3), 04/03/2023 17:52 (13)
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