OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition up to 4.8.7.0102/4.9.0.0 insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition up to 4.8.7.0102/4.9.0.0. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-12799. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition up to 4.8.7.0102/4.9.0.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in OpenText Identity Manager Advanced Edition on Windows, Linux, 64 bit allows Privilege Abuse. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to obtain higher privileged user’s sensitive information via crafted payload. This issue affects Identity Manager Advanced Edition: from 4.8.0.0 through 4.8.7.0102, 4.9.0.0.

It is possible to read the advisory at portal.microfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12799 since 12/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 03/05/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 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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Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/19/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.microfocus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12799 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298703

Entryinfo

Created: 03/05/2025 16:20
Changes: 03/05/2025 16:20 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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