JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate prior 2018.1.8/2018.2.8/2018.3.5/2019.1 Configuration File credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Configuration File. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-9872. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Configuration File. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating run configurations for cloud application servers leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. If the Settings Repository plugin was then used and configured to synchronize IDE settings using a public repository, these credentials were published to this repository. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2019.1, 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, and 2018.1.8.

The weakness was published 07/03/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at blog.jetbrains.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-9872 since 03/19/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2018.1.8, 2018.2.8, 2018.3.5 or 2019.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-137280, VDB-137282, VDB-137283 and VDB-137287. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2018.1.8/2018.2.8/2018.3.5/2019.1

Timelineinfo

03/19/2019 🔍
07/03/2019 +106 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/01/2020 +363 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.jetbrains.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-9872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-137330
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2019 12:16
Updated: 07/01/2020 09:35
Changes: 07/04/2019 12:16 (57), 07/01/2020 09:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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