IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 Key credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes credentials management (Key). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-1959. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 (Access Management Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Key). 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 Manager 7.0.1 Virtual Appliance contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 153633.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2019. The weakness was disclosed 01/24/2019 by ryan with IBM X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1959 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. 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 07/03/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 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 $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106726†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Key
Class: Credentials management / Key
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2017 🔍
01/22/2019 +405 days 🔍
01/22/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2019 +2 days 🔍
01/24/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/25/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2023 +1620 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Researcher: ryan
Organization: IBM X-Force
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-1959 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1959
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130237
X-Force: 153633
SecurityFocus: 106726 - IBM Security Identity Manager CVE-2018-1959 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2019 08:09
Updated: 07/03/2023 13:09
Changes: 01/25/2019 08:09 (61), 05/06/2020 09:10 (5), 07/03/2023 13:01 (3), 07/03/2023 13:09 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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