PEGA Platform 8.2.1 Access Control Username LDAP injection privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in PEGA Platform 8.2.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Access Control. The manipulation with the input value *
leads to a privileges management vulnerability (LDAP injection). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Pega Platform 8.2.1 allows LDAP injection because a username can contain a * character and can be of unlimited length. An attacker can specify four characters of a username, followed by the * character, to bypass access control.
The weakness was disclosed 08/13/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-16374 since 09/16/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Name: LDAP injectionClass: Privileges management / LDAP injection
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
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
09/16/2019 🔍08/13/2020 🔍
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Sources
Status: Not definedCVE: CVE-2019-16374 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 08/13/2020 20:19Updated: 08/13/2020 20:24
Changes: 08/13/2020 20:19 (37), 08/13/2020 20:24 (17)
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