IBM BigFix Platform up to 9.5.9 URL information disclosure

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM BigFix Platform. This affects an unknown part of the component URL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-1481. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM BigFix Platform (Endpoint Management Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM BigFix Platform 9.2.0 through 9.2.14 and 9.5 through 9.5.9 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 140763.

The bug was discovered 12/10/2018. The weakness was shared 12/12/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1481 since 12/13/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119843 (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2.x < 9.2.15 / 9.5.x < 9.5.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (119843). The entries VDB-127895, VDB-127896, VDB-127897 and VDB-127898 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Endpoint Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• BigFix Platform

Version

• 9.2.0
• 9.2.1
• 9.2.2
• 9.2.3
• 9.2.4
• 9.2.5
• 9.2.6
• 9.2.7
• 9.2.8
• 9.2.9
• 9.2.10
• 9.2.11
• 9.2.12
• 9.2.13
• 9.2.14
• 9.5.0
• 9.5.1
• 9.5.2
• 9.5.3
• 9.5.4
• 9.5.5
• 9.5.6
• 9.5.7
• 9.5.8
• 9.5.9

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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