IBM Notes Diagnostics Command Line command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Notes Diagnostics. This affects an unknown function of the component Command Line. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-1410. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Notes Diagnostics (Groupware Software) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Command Line. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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: 138709.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was presented 02/19/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1410 since 12/13/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 02/04/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

See VDB-113201, VDB-113200, VDB-113202 and VDB-113582 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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