IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 3.1 Password Policy credentials management

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7.7$5k-$25k0.64

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 3.1 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Password Policy. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-1372. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 3.1 (Policy Management Software). This affects an unknown part of the component Password Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 3.1 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 137772.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/27/2018 by ryan with IBM X-Force (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1372 since 12/13/2017. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/16/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 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.

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 103237†). The entry VDB-113910 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

12/13/2017 🔍
02/21/2018 +70 days 🔍
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02/27/2018 +6 days 🔍
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02/28/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/16/2023 +1814 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Researcher: ryan
Organization: IBM X-Force
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1372 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1372
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113907
X-Force: 137772
SecurityFocus: 103237 - IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence CVE-2018-1372 Security Weakness

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2018 08:21
Updated: 02/16/2023 08:11
Changes: 02/28/2018 08:21 (62), 01/09/2020 09:52 (6), 02/16/2023 08:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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