IBM Security Access Manager Appliance up to 9.0.5.0 inadequate encryption

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.1.0/9.0.2.0/9.0.3.0/9.0.4.0/9.0.5.0. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-1814. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.1.0/9.0.2.0/9.0.3.0/9.0.4.0/9.0.5.0 (Network Authentication Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.1.0, 9.0.2.0, 9.0.3.0, 9.0.4.0, and 9.0.5.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 150018.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1814 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/19/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 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.

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Type

• Network Authentication Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Security Access Manager Appliance

Version

• 9.0.1.0
• 9.0.2.0
• 9.0.3.0
• 9.0.4.0
• 9.0.5.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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