IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.0/9.1/9.5 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.0/9.1/9.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Database Activity Monitor. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-1368. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.0/9.1/9.5 (Policy Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Database Activity Monitor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.0, 9.1, and 9.5 could allow a local user with low privileges to view report pages and perform some actions that only an admin should be performing, so there is risk that someone not authorized can change things that they are not suppose to. IBM X-Force ID: 137765.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/09/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1368 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. 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 02/03/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 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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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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12/13/2017 🔍
02/06/2018 +55 days 🔍
02/09/2018 +3 days 🔍
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02/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/03/2021 +1089 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1368 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1368
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113107
X-Force: 137765
SecurityTracker: 1040349

Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2018 11:00
Updated: 02/03/2021 08:18
Changes: 02/10/2018 11:00 (58), 01/03/2020 17:07 (2), 02/03/2021 08:18 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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