IBM Cognos Analytics up to 11.2.4 FP4/12.0.4 Executable File unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Cognos Analytics up to 11.2.4 FP4/12.0.4. This affects an unknown function of the component Executable File Handler. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-40695. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Analytics up to 11.2.4 FP4/12.0.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Executable File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.4 could be vulnerable to malicious file upload by not validating the content of the file uploaded to the web interface. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system, and it can be sent to victim for performing further attacks.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-40695 since 07/08/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/02/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213474 (IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.x < 11.2.4 FP5 / 12.0.x < 12.0.4 IF1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (7179496)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213474). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Business Process Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Cognos Analytics

Version

• 11.2.4 FP4
• 12.0.0
• 12.0.1
• 12.0.2
• 12.0.3
• 12.0.4

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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