IBM Emptoris Sourcing up to 10.1.3 redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Emptoris Sourcing up to 10.1.3. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in redirect. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1449. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Emptoris Sourcing up to 10.1.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Emptoris Sourcing 9.5 - 10.1.3 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 128174.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2017. The weakness was published 08/31/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1449 since 11/30/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/10/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1204.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 51 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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• IBM

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• Emptoris Sourcing

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• 10.1.0
• 10.1.1
• 10.1.2
• 10.1.3

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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