IBM Security Guardium 9.0/9.5/10.6 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium 9.0/9.5/10.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-4422. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium 9.0/9.5/10.6 (Policy Management Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Guardium 9.0, 9.5, and 10.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation which could allow an authenticated user to change the accessmgr password. IBM X-Force ID: 162768.

The weakness was released 10/03/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-4422 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/29/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/03/2019 🔍
10/03/2019 +273 days 🔍
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12/29/2023 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-4422 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-4422
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142891
X-Force: 162768

Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2019 19:56
Updated: 12/29/2023 21:57
Changes: 10/03/2019 19:56 (38), 09/20/2020 20:18 (18), 12/29/2023 21:47 (3), 12/29/2023 21:57 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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