CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.4.7/8.5/8.5.1 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.4.7/8.5/8.5.1. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-13821. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.4.7/8.5/8.5.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows remote attackers to conduct a variety of attacks, including file reading/writing.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2018. The weakness was disclosed 08/30/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.ca.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-13821 since 07/10/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117341 (CA Unified Infrastructure Management < 8.48 / 8.53 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CA20180829-02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (117341) and SecurityFocus (BID 105199†). The entries VDB-123405 and VDB-123406 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 117341
Nessus Name: CA Unified Infrastructure Management < 8.48 / 8.53 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CA20180829-02)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/10/2018 🔍
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03/19/2020 +559 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: support.ca.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-13821 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-13821
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123407
SecurityFocus: 105199 - CA Unified Infrastructure Management Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/31/2018 07:01
Updated: 03/19/2020 14:34
Changes: 08/31/2018 07:01 (64), 03/19/2020 14:34 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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