IBM Security Identity Governance up to 5.2.3.2 URL information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component URL Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1367. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 (Access Management Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 126860.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2018. The weakness was released 07/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-1367 since 11/30/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/30/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157870 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (ELSA-2018-4285)).

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-121397, VDB-122654, VDB-122643 and VDB-122644. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Access Management Software

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• IBM

Name

• Intelligence Virtual Appliance
• Security Identity Governance

Version

• 5.2.3.0
• 5.2.3.1
• 5.2.3.2

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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