IBM Platform Symphony up to 6.1.0 Hardcoded Credentials credentials management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Platform Symphony up to 6.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Hardcoded Credentials. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An unspecified servlet in IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition (DE) 5.2 and 6.1.x through 6.1.1 has hardcoded credentials, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain "local environment" access via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 02/14/2014 by AbdulAziz Hariri (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-5400 since 08/22/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (87296).

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Status: Unproven

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OpenVAS ID: 802159
OpenVAS Name: IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5400 (🔍)
X-Force: 87296 - IBM Platform Symphony remote code execution
SecurityFocus: 65616 - IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 02/17/2018 09:55
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (51), 02/17/2018 09:55 (9)
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