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. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Configuration File. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-9873. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. This affects an unknown code block of the component Configuration File. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating Task Servers configurations leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2019.1, 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, and 2018.1.8.

The weakness was released 07/03/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.jetbrains.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-9873 since 03/19/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-137280, VDB-137282, VDB-137283 and VDB-137287. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

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-2019-9873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-137331
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2019 12:16
Updated: 07/01/2020 09:39
Changes: 07/04/2019 12:16 (57), 07/01/2020 09:39 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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