IBM PureApplication System up to 2.2.5.3 Pattern Editor access control

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM PureApplication System up to 2.2.5.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Pattern Editor. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-4234. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM PureApplication System up to 2.2.5.3. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Pattern Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM PureApplication System 2.2.3.0 through 2.2.5.3 weakness in the implementation of locking feature in pattern editor. An attacker by intercepting the subsequent requests can bypass business logic to modify the pattern to unlocked state. IBM X-Force ID: 159416.

The weakness was released 06/26/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-4234 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. 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 10/08/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-136899, VDB-136900, VDB-136902 and VDB-136903. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• IBM

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• PureApplication System

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• 2.2.5.0
• 2.2.5.1
• 2.2.5.2
• 2.2.5.3

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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