IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 5.x/6.0.6 URL information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 5.x/6.0.6 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component URL Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-1929. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 5.x/6.0.6. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 through 6.0.6 could allow a malicious user to be allowed to view any view if he knows the URL link of a the view, and access information that should not be able to see. IBM X-Force ID: 153120.

The bug was discovered 03/08/2019. The weakness was published 03/14/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1929 since 12/13/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. 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 08/01/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-131782 and VDB-131783. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2017 🔍
03/08/2019 +450 days 🔍
03/14/2019 +6 days 🔍
03/15/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/01/2023 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1929 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1929
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131785
X-Force: 153120
SecurityFocus: 107423

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2019 08:58
Updated: 08/01/2023 14:47
Changes: 03/15/2019 08:58 (58), 05/16/2020 20:45 (1), 08/01/2023 14:44 (4), 08/01/2023 14:47 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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