IBM Security Access Manager 8.0.0/9.0.0 URL redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Access Manager 8.0.0/9.0.0. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component URL Handler. Such manipulation leads to redirect. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-1534. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Access Manager 8.0.0/9.0.0 (Network Authentication Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 8.0.0 and 9.0.0 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: 130676.

The bug was discovered 01/05/2018. The weakness was presented 01/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1534 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/29/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1204.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 102509†). See VDB-111697 and VDB-111696 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Network Authentication Software

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• IBM

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• Security Access Manager

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• 8.0.0
• 9.0.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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