IBM Distributed Marketing/Marketing Platform 8.6/9.0/9.1/10.0 Web Application access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Distributed Marketing and Marketing Platform 8.6/9.0/9.1/10.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Application. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6112. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Distributed Marketing and Marketing Platform 8.6/9.0/9.1/10.0 (Marketing Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Web Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Distributed Marketing and Marketing Platform 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, and 10.0 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges and gain administrative permissions over the web application. IBM X-Force ID: 118282.

The bug was discovered 05/17/2017. The weakness was presented 05/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6112 since 06/29/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/01/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 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.

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• Marketing Software

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• IBM

Name

• Distributed Marketing
• Marketing Platform

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• 8.6
• 9.0
• 9.1
• 10.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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