IBM Spectrum Symphony/Platform Symphony 7.1.2/7.2.0.2 command injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony 7.1.2/7.2.0.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-1595. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony 7.1.2/7.2.0.2. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2 could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands due to improper handling of user supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 143622.

The bug was discovered 07/23/2018. The weakness was shared 08/01/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1595 since 12/12/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a 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 04/29/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 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 104956†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• IBM

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• Platform Symphony
• Spectrum Symphony

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• 7.1.2
• 7.2.0.2

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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