IBM Security Identity Governance up to 5.2.3.2 HSTS information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (HSTS). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1395. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 (Access Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (HSTS). 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 Security Identity Governance and Intelligence Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 127341.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1395 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/09/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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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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

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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