IBM BigFix Compliance up to 1.9.91 information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM BigFix Compliance up to 1.9.91. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-1177. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM BigFix Compliance up to 1.9.91 (Endpoint Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

IBM BigFix Compliance 1.7 through 1.9.91 discloses sensitive information to unauthorized users. The information can be used to mount further attacks on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 123429.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2018. The weakness was shared 02/05/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-1177 since 11/30/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of 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 07/06/2023). 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 98 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.

The entries VDB-130525, VDB-130526 and VDB-130527 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Endpoint Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• BigFix Compliance

Version

• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.9.5
• 1.9.6
• 1.9.7
• 1.9.8
• 1.9.9
• 1.9.10
• 1.9.11
• 1.9.12
• 1.9.13
• 1.9.14
• 1.9.15
• 1.9.16
• 1.9.17
• 1.9.18
• 1.9.19
• 1.9.20
• 1.9.21
• 1.9.22
• 1.9.23
• 1.9.24
• 1.9.25
• 1.9.26
• 1.9.27
• 1.9.28
• 1.9.29
• 1.9.30
• 1.9.31
• 1.9.32
• 1.9.33
• 1.9.34
• 1.9.35
• 1.9.36
• 1.9.37
• 1.9.38
• 1.9.39
• 1.9.40
• 1.9.41
• 1.9.42
• 1.9.43
• 1.9.44
• 1.9.45
• 1.9.46
• 1.9.47
• 1.9.48
• 1.9.49
• 1.9.50
• 1.9.51
• 1.9.52
• 1.9.53
• 1.9.54
• 1.9.55
• 1.9.56
• 1.9.57
• 1.9.58
• 1.9.59
• 1.9.60
• 1.9.61
• 1.9.62
• 1.9.63
• 1.9.64
• 1.9.65
• 1.9.66
• 1.9.67
• 1.9.68
• 1.9.69
• 1.9.70
• 1.9.71
• 1.9.72
• 1.9.73
• 1.9.74
• 1.9.75
• 1.9.76
• 1.9.77
• 1.9.78
• 1.9.79
• 1.9.80
• 1.9.81
• 1.9.82
• 1.9.83
• 1.9.84
• 1.9.85
• 1.9.86
• 1.9.87
• 1.9.88
• 1.9.89
• 1.9.90
• 1.9.91

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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