IBM iNotes up to 9.0 Email information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM iNotes up to 9.0 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Email Handler. 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM iNotes before 8.5.3 Fix Pack 6 and 9.x before 9.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the remote image filtering mechanism and obtain sensitive information via a crafted e-mail message. IBM X-Force ID: 83371.

The weakness was published 05/02/2014 as swg21671622 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0589 since 12/16/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

By sending an email message containing specially crafted markup, a remote unauthenticated attacker could circumvent the remote image filtering feature, giving the attacker an opportunity to confirm a user has read a message or provide the basis for further attacks.

It is declared as highly functional.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (83371). Similar entries are available at 13161 and 121316.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Highly functional

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12/16/2012 🔍
05/02/2014 +502 days 🔍
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05/07/2014 +5 days 🔍
07/11/2018 +1525 days 🔍
04/01/2019 +264 days 🔍

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: swg21671622
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0589 (🔍)
X-Force: 83371 - IBM iNotes information disclosure, Low Risk

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/07/2014 13:07
Updated: 04/01/2019 23:17
Changes: 05/07/2014 13:07 (60), 04/01/2019 23:17 (9)
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