IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench up to 8.5 Access Restriction access control
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench up to 8.5 (Reporting Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
InfoSphere Metadata Workbench (MWB) 8.1 through 8.7 in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1, 8.5 before FP3, and 8.7 does not properly restrict use of the troubleshooting feature, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions or cause a denial of service (workbench outage) via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was released 01/31/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0205 since 12/14/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
It is declared as highly functional.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (73265). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 63468, 63467, 63466 and 63465.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Highly functional
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Timeline
12/14/2011 🔍01/31/2013 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0205 (🔍)
X-Force: 73265 - IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench troubleshooting functionality security bypass
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22Updated: 02/11/2018 11:58
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (50), 02/11/2018 11:58 (3)
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