VDB-119683 · CVE-2018-9025 · BID 104496

CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x Log File Poison input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Log File Handler. This manipulation causes input validation (Poison). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-9025. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x (Access Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Log File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Poison). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An input validation vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x allows remote attackers to poison log files with specially crafted input.

The bug was discovered 06/14/2018. The weakness was presented 06/18/2018 by Peter Lapp (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-9025 since 03/26/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 02/20/2020).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 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 104496†). See VDB-107083, VDB-107081, VDB-107082 and VDB-119651 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Poison
Class: Input validation / Poison
CWE: CWE-20
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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

03/26/2018 🔍
06/14/2018 +80 days 🔍
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06/18/2018 +3 days 🔍
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06/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/20/2020 +611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: support.ca.com
Researcher: Peter Lapp
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-9025 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-9025
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119683
SecurityFocus: 104496 - CA Privileged Access Manager Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2018 21:20
Updated: 02/20/2020 12:02
Changes: 06/19/2018 21:20 (62), 02/20/2020 12:02 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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