IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 Error Message information disclosure

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-1412. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 (Access Management Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. IBM X-Force ID: 127400.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2018. The weakness was presented 08/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1412 since 11/29/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. 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 05/01/2023). 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 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.

See VDB-121397, VDB-121396, VDB-122654 and VDB-122643 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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