A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Datacap Fastdoc Capture 9.1.1/9.1.3/9.1.4. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Datacap Fastdoc Capture 9.1.1, 9.1.3, and 9.1.4 could allow an authenticated user to bypass future authentication mechanisms once the initial login is completed. IBM X-Force ID: 148691.

The bug was discovered 09/10/2018. The weakness was shared 09/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1773 since 12/12/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a 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 05/16/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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.

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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• Datacap Fastdoc Capture

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• 9.1.1
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