A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Security Access Manager For Web (Network Authentication Software) (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Patch Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Access Manager for Web processes patches, image backups and other updates without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code, which could allow an authenticated attacker to load malicious code.

The bug was discovered 12/14/2016. The weakness was shared 02/01/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3016 since 03/09/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. 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 11/11/2022). 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 49 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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• Network Authentication Software

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• IBM

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• Security Access Manager For Web

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• commercial

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