IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.3/11.5/11.7 redirect

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.3/11.5/11.7. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes redirect. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-1875. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.3/11.5/11.7 (Reporting Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 151639.

The bug was discovered 02/01/2019. The weakness was disclosed 03/05/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1875 since 12/13/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/26/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1204.001 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 32 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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• Reporting Software

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• IBM

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• InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog

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• 11.3
• 11.5
• 11.7

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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