IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.0/18.0.0.1/18.0.0.2 API Document input validation

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager 18.0.0.0/18.0.0.1/18.0.0.2 (Business Process Management Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component API. The manipulation as part of a Document leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, and 18.0.0.2 provide embedded document management features. Because of a missing restriction in an API, a client might spoof the last modified by value of a document. IBM X-Force ID: 156241.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2019. The weakness was released 04/08/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-4045 since 01/03/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/27/2023). 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 4 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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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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01/03/2019 🔍
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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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CVE: CVE-2019-4045 (🔍)
X-Force: 156241

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Created: 04/09/2019 08:32
Updated: 08/27/2023 14:18
Changes: 04/09/2019 08:32 (59), 05/27/2020 14:53 (1), 08/27/2023 14:13 (3), 08/27/2023 14:18 (12)
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