VDB-152472 · CVE-2020-4237 · XFDB 175410

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact up to 7.1.0.17 cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact (Directory Service Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.0.17 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 175410.

The weakness was disclosed 03/31/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-4237 since 12/30/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/01/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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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Productinfo

Type

Directory Service Software

Vendor

Name

Tivoli Netcool Impact

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/30/2019 🔍
03/31/2020 +92 days 🔍
04/01/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/10/2025 +1864 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2020-4237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-4237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-152472
X-Force: 175410

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2020 08:32 AM
Updated: 05/10/2025 12:41 AM
Changes: 04/01/2020 08:32 AM (39), 04/01/2020 08:37 AM (18), 10/05/2020 02:51 PM (1), 05/12/2024 03:35 PM (28), 05/10/2025 12:41 AM (3)
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