VDB-100393 · CVE-2016-9978 · BID 97990

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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2/6.0/7.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-9978. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2/6.0/7.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2, 6.0, and 7.0 could allow an authenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 120254.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2017. The weakness was presented 04/20/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-9978 since 12/16/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/21/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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 97990†). See VDB-100395, VDB-100394 and VDB-100392 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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12/16/2016 🔍
04/15/2017 +120 days 🔍
04/20/2017 +5 days 🔍
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04/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/25/2017 +4 days 🔍
12/21/2020 +1336 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Researcher: IBM
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100393
SecurityFocus: 97990 - IBM Curam Social Program Management CVE-2016-9978 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9978 - IBM - Curam SPM - Information Disclosure Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2017 09:31
Updated: 12/21/2020 10:15
Changes: 04/21/2017 09:31 (60), 09/19/2020 09:09 (5), 12/21/2020 10:15 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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