IBM BigFix Platform 9.2/9.5 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM BigFix Platform 9.2/9.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1600. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM BigFix Platform 9.2/9.5 (Endpoint Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5 transmits sensitive or security-critical data in clear text in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. IBM X-Force ID: 143745.

The bug was discovered 05/24/2018. The weakness was presented 06/04/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1600 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 03/21/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 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 371779 (IBM BigFix Platform Multiple Vulnerabilities (swg22015754)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-117187, VDB-117189, VDB-117188 and VDB-117190 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2017 🔍
05/24/2018 +162 days 🔍
06/04/2018 +10 days 🔍
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06/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2023 +1750 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-1600 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1600
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118943
X-Force: 143745

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2018 10:28
Updated: 03/21/2023 14:33
Changes: 06/05/2018 10:28 (62), 02/15/2020 08:14 (1), 03/21/2023 14:31 (3), 03/21/2023 14:33 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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