IBM Notes Diagnostics Command Line command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Notes Diagnostics. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Command Line. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1409. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Notes Diagnostics (Groupware Software) (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Command Line. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Notes Diagnostics (IBM Client Application Access and IBM Notes) could allow a local user to execute commands on the system. By crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC, which could be tricked into executing an executable chosen by the attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 138708.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1409 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/04/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370777 (IBM Notes Multiple Vulnerabilities(swg22010777,swg22010767,swg22010775)).

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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• Groupware Software

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• IBM

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• Notes Diagnostics

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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