IBM Platform LSF privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Platform LSF, Spectrum LSF Suite and Spectrum Suite for HPA. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-4278. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Platform LSF, Spectrum LSF Suite and Spectrum Suite for HPA (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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 Platform LSF 9.1 and 10.1, IBM Spectrum LSF Suite 10.2, and IBM Spectrum Suite for HPA 10.2 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to weak file permissions when specific debug settings are enabled in a Linux or Unix enviornment. IBM X-Force ID: 176137.

The weakness was published 03/05/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-4278 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/06/2020). 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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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

12/30/2019 🔍
03/05/2020 +66 days 🔍
03/06/2020 +1 days 🔍
04/09/2024 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-4278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-4278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-150955
X-Force: 176137

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2020 10:43
Updated: 04/09/2024 17:46
Changes: 03/06/2020 10:43 (37), 03/06/2020 10:48 (11), 04/09/2024 17:38 (16), 04/09/2024 17:46 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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