IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6 XML Data xml external entity reference
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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component XML Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.6 are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 150945.
The bug was discovered 10/31/2018. The weakness was disclosed 11/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1846 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple 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 06/04/2023). 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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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.1
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Exploiting
Class: Xml external entity referenceCWE: CWE-611 / CWE-610
ATT&CK: Unknown
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
12/13/2017 🔍10/31/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1846 (🔍)
X-Force: 150945
Entry
Created: 11/03/2018 11:38Updated: 06/04/2023 12:29
Changes: 11/03/2018 11:38 (59), 04/09/2020 18:06 (1), 06/04/2023 12:21 (3), 06/04/2023 12:29 (13)
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