VDB-100392 · CVE-2016-8923 · BID 97989

IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2/6.0/7.0 Profile information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2/6.0/7.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Profile Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-8923. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2/6.0/7.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Profile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2, 6.0, and 7.0 contains a vulnerability that would allow an authorized user to obtain sensitive information from the profile of a higher privileged user that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 118536.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/20/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-8923 since 10/25/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. 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 12/21/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 97989†). The entries VDB-100395, VDB-100394 and VDB-100393 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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10/25/2016 🔍
04/15/2017 +172 days 🔍
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04/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/21/2020 +1340 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Researcher: IBM
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CVE: CVE-2016-8923 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8923
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100392
SecurityFocus: 97989 - IBM Curam Social Program Management CVE-2016-8923 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8923 - IBM - Curam SPM - Information Disclosure Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2017 10:07
Updated: 12/21/2020 10:12
Changes: 04/21/2017 10:07 (61), 09/19/2020 09:07 (5), 12/21/2020 10:12 (2)
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