IBM SAN Volume Controller up to 8.1.1 Authorization information disclosure

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM SAN Volume Controller, Storwize, Spectrum Virtualize and FlashSystem up to 8.1.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Authorization. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1464. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM SAN Volume Controller, Storwize, Spectrum Virtualize and FlashSystem up to 8.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Authorization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem products ( 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6.1, 7.7, 7.7.1, 7.8, 7.8.1, 8.1, and 8.1.1) could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information that they should not have authorization to read. IBM X-Force ID: 140395.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/17/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1464 since 12/13/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. 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 03/14/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104349†). The entries VDB-117958, VDB-117960, VDB-117961 and VDB-117963 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• FlashSystem
• SAN Volume Controller
• Spectrum Virtualize
• Storwize

Version

• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.6.1
• 7.7
• 7.7.1
• 7.8
• 7.8.1
• 8.1
• 8.1.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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