IBM Security Identity Manager up to 7.0.1.0 command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Identity Manager up to 7.0.1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-0324. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Identity Manager up to 7.0.1.0 (Access Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM) Virtual Appliance 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.1.0 before 7.0.1-ISS-SIM-FP0001 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges via unspecified vectors. IBM X-Force ID: 111640.

The bug was discovered 03/31/2016. The weakness was presented 01/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-0324 since 12/08/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. 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 01/30/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 652 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.

See VDB-111794, VDB-111795, VDB-111796 and VDB-111797 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Access Management Software

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• IBM

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• Security Identity Manager

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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