VDB-114685 · CVE-2016-9880 · BID 96146

Cloud Foundry up to 1.6.4/1.7.0 GemFire Broker improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cloud Foundry up to 1.6.4/1.7.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component GemFire Broker. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-9880. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cloud Foundry up to 1.6.4/1.7.0 (Cloud Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component GemFire Broker. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GemFire broker for Cloud Foundry 1.6.x before 1.6.5 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1 has multiple API endpoints which do not require authentication and could be used to gain access to the cluster managed by the broker.

The bug was discovered 02/09/2017. The weakness was published 03/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at pivotal.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-9880 since 12/06/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 400 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.6.5 or 1.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96146†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cloud Foundry 1.6.5/1.7.1

Timelineinfo

12/06/2016 🔍
02/09/2017 +65 days 🔍
02/09/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/16/2018 +400 days 🔍
03/16/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/14/2020 +668 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: pivotal.io
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9880 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9880
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114685
SecurityFocus: 96146 - Pivotal GemFire for PCF CVE-2016-9880 Unauthenticated Access Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2018 11:34
Updated: 01/14/2020 11:40
Changes: 03/17/2018 11:34 (61), 01/14/2020 11:40 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:E6D:103

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