IBM i 7.27.3 Clustering credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM i 7.27.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Clustering Handler. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-4381. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM i 7.27.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Clustering Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM i 7.27.3 Clustering could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the use of advanced node failure detection using the REST API to interface with the HMC. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain HMC credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 162159.

The weakness was published 06/14/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-4381 since 01/03/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple 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 10/05/2023). 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 T1552.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

01/03/2019 🔍
06/14/2019 +162 days 🔍
06/15/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/05/2023 +1573 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-4381 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-4381
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-136520
X-Force: 162159
SecurityFocus: 108808

Entryinfo

Created: 06/15/2019 13:08
Updated: 10/05/2023 13:42
Changes: 06/15/2019 13:08 (39), 06/24/2020 16:33 (17), 10/05/2023 13:35 (4), 10/05/2023 13:42 (12)
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