IBM Business Process Manager 7.5.x/8.0.x/8.5.x Access Restriction access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Business Process Manager 7.5.x/8.0.x/8.5.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-0110. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Business Process Manager 7.5.x/8.0.x/8.5.x (Business Process Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Business Process Manager (aka BPM) 7.5.x, 8.0.x, and 8.5.x and WebSphere Lombardi Edition (aka WLE) 7.2.x allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions on internal service types via vectors involving the executeServiceByName URL.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2015. The weakness was released 09/15/2017 with IBM (Website). The advisory is shared at www-304.ibm.com. The public release was coordinated with IBM. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-0110 since 11/18/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple 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 01/13/2021). 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 917 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 73274†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Business Process Management Software

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• IBM

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• Business Process Manager

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• 7.5.x
• 8.0.x
• 8.5.x

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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