IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 Permission permission

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Permission. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-1396. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 (Access Management Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 127342.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2018. The weakness was published 08/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1396 since 11/29/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-121397, VDB-121396, VDB-122654 and VDB-122643. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Access Management Software

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• IBM

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• Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance

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• 5.2.3.0
• 5.2.3.1
• 5.2.3.2

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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