VDB-134288 · CVE-2018-1608 · XFDB 143798

IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6 inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1608. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 through 6.0.6 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 143798.

The bug was discovered 04/29/2019. The weakness was presented 05/01/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1608 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 09/11/2023). 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 T1600.

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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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2017 🔍
04/29/2019 +502 days 🔍
05/01/2019 +2 days 🔍
05/02/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/11/2023 +1593 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1608 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134288
X-Force: 143798
SecurityFocus: 108290

Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2019 06:55
Updated: 09/11/2023 13:41
Changes: 05/02/2019 06:55 (57), 06/05/2020 12:19 (1), 09/11/2023 13:35 (4), 09/11/2023 13:41 (12)
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