IBM Quality Manager up to 5.0.x/6.0.5 Error information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM Quality Manager up to 5.0.x/6.0.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Error Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1239. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Quality Manager up to 5.0.x/6.0.5. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Error Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Quality Manager (RQM) 5.0.x and 6.0 through 6.0.5 could reveal sensitive information in HTTP 500 Internal Server Error responses. IBM X-Force ID: 124357.

The bug was discovered 07/03/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/06/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1239 since 11/30/2016. 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 04/03/2023). 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 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.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Quality Manager

Version

• 5.0
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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