IBM SDK up to 7.0.10.55/7.1.4.55/8.0.6.0 Microsoft Windows Client privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM SDK up to 7.0.10.55/7.1.4.55/8.0.6.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Microsoft Windows Client. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-4732. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM SDK up to 7.0.10.55/7.1.4.55/8.0.6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Microsoft Windows Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.10.55, 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.4.55, and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.6.0 could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by DLL search order hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client. By placing a specially-crafted file in a compromised folder, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 172618.

The weakness was presented 02/03/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-4732 since 01/03/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. 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 02/04/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• IBM

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• SDK

Version

• 7.0.10.0
• 7.0.10.1
• 7.0.10.2
• 7.0.10.3
• 7.0.10.4
• 7.0.10.5
• 7.0.10.6
• 7.0.10.7
• 7.0.10.8
• 7.0.10.9
• 7.0.10.10
• 7.0.10.11
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• 7.0.10.18
• 7.0.10.19
• 7.0.10.20
• 7.0.10.21
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• 7.0.10.25
• 7.0.10.26
• 7.0.10.27
• 7.0.10.28
• 7.0.10.29
• 7.0.10.30
• 7.0.10.31
• 7.0.10.32
• 7.0.10.33
• 7.0.10.34
• 7.0.10.35
• 7.0.10.36
• 7.0.10.37
• 7.0.10.38
• 7.0.10.39
• 7.0.10.40
• 7.0.10.41
• 7.0.10.42
• 7.0.10.43
• 7.0.10.44
• 7.0.10.45
• 7.0.10.46
• 7.0.10.47
• 7.0.10.48
• 7.0.10.49
• 7.0.10.50
• 7.0.10.51
• 7.0.10.52
• 7.0.10.53
• 7.0.10.54
• 7.0.10.55
• 7.1.4.0
• 7.1.4.1
• 7.1.4.2
• 7.1.4.3
• 7.1.4.4
• 7.1.4.5
• 7.1.4.6
• 7.1.4.7
• 7.1.4.8
• 7.1.4.9
• 7.1.4.10
• 7.1.4.11
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• 7.1.4.25
• 7.1.4.26
• 7.1.4.27
• 7.1.4.28
• 7.1.4.29
• 7.1.4.30
• 7.1.4.31
• 7.1.4.32
• 7.1.4.33
• 7.1.4.34
• 7.1.4.35
• 7.1.4.36
• 7.1.4.37
• 7.1.4.38
• 7.1.4.39
• 7.1.4.40
• 7.1.4.41
• 7.1.4.42
• 7.1.4.43
• 7.1.4.44
• 7.1.4.45
• 7.1.4.46
• 7.1.4.47
• 7.1.4.48
• 7.1.4.49
• 7.1.4.50
• 7.1.4.51
• 7.1.4.52
• 7.1.4.53
• 7.1.4.54
• 7.1.4.55
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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