IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 Password Policy credentials management

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Password Policy. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-1411. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 (Access Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Password Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 127399.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2018. The weakness was disclosed 08/06/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1411 since 11/29/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of 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 05/01/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

The entries VDB-121397, VDB-121396, VDB-122654 and VDB-122643 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Access Management Software

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• IBM

Name

• Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance

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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