Tivoli 3.0.236 netcool/neusecure information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tivoli 3.0.236 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file netcool/neusecure. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0837. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to add further authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tivoli 3.0.236. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file netcool/neusecure. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Tivoli Micromuse Netcool/NeuSecure 3.0.236 has world-readable permissions for (1) /etc/neusecure.conf, (2) /opt/NeuSecure/etc/cms-3.0.236.buildconf, and (3) /opt/NeuSecure/bin/ns_archiver.log, which allows local users to read sensitive information such as passwords. NOTE: IBM has privately confirmed to CVE that a fix is available for these issues.

The bug was discovered 02/03/2006. The weakness was shared 02/21/2006 by Dimitry Snezhkov (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0837 since 02/22/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24785), SecurityFocus (BID 16700†), OSVDB (23270†), Secunia (SA18922†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015642†). The entries VDB-26467, VDB-28845, VDB-83542 and VDB-83589 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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Recommended: Authentication
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02/16/2006 +13 days 🔍
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02/17/2006 +1 days 🔍
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02/21/2006 +3 days 🔍
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02/22/2006 +1 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3305 days 🔍
08/04/2017 +876 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Dimitry Snezhkov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0837 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0837
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28844
X-Force: 24785 - Netcool/NeuSecure configuration file weak permission
SecurityFocus: 16700 - Netcool/NeuSecure Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 18922
OSVDB: 23270 - Netcool/NeuSecure neusecure.conf Permission Weakness Cleartext Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1015642 - Netcool/NeuSecure Discloses Passwords to Local Users

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/04/2017 08:56
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (57), 08/04/2017 08:56 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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