IBM Tivoli Service Desk 6.x Description cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Tivoli Service Desk 6.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Description results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-5949. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Disabling the affected component is suggested.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Tivoli Service Desk 6.x (Directory Service Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Description with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Service Desk 6.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description parameter in a Maximo change action.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2007. The weakness was disclosed 11/02/2007 with IBM (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-1.ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5949 since 11/13/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After even before and not, 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 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38214), SecurityFocus (BID 26305†), OSVDB (38394†) and Secunia (SA27472†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

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Recommended: Disable
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10/11/2007 🔍
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03/16/2021 +4852 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-1.ibm.com
Organization: IBM
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-5949 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5949
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3432
X-Force: 38214 - IBM Tivoli Service Desk Maximo description cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 26305 - IBM Tivoli Service Desk Maximo HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 27472 - IBM Tivoli Service Desk Maximo "Description" Script Insertion, Less Critical
OSVDB: 38394 - IBM Tivoli Service Desk Maximo change Action Description Field XSS
Vupen: ADV-2007-3709

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2007 13:49
Updated: 03/16/2021 08:08
Changes: 12/03/2007 13:49 (70), 12/03/2015 11:09 (2), 03/16/2021 08:08 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:8A9:103

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