IBM Data Risk Manager up to 2.0.6 SAML Authentication HTTP Request improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Data Risk Manager up to 2.0.6. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component SAML Authentication. The manipulation as part of HTTP Request leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-4427. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Data Risk Manager up to 2.0.6. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component SAML Authentication. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, and 2.0.6 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions when configured with SAML authentication. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the authentication process and gain full administrative access to the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180532.

The weakness was released 05/07/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-4427 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/07/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-154902, VDB-154903 and VDB-154904. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• IBM

Name

• Data Risk Manager

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• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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