IBM Cognos Express 9.0 Hardcoded Credentials credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM Cognos Express 9.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Hardcoded Credentials. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0557. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Express 9.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Hardcoded Credentials. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cognos Express 9.0 allows attackers to obtain unspecified access to the Tomcat Manager component, and cause a denial of service, by leveraging hardcoded credentials.

The weakness was disclosed 02/03/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0557 since 02/05/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34970 (Apache Tomcat Manager Common Administrative Credentials), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86857 (Apache Tomcat Web Application Manager Accessible Using Default Credentials).

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11434.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56086), Tenable (34970), SecurityFocus (BID 38084†), OSVDB (62118†) and Secunia (SA38457†). The entries VDB-51013, VDB-50802, VDB-49861 and VDB-55250 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 34970
Nessus Name: Apache Tomcat Manager Common Administrative Credentials
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ibm_cognos_express_backdoor_account
Saint Name: IBM Cognos Express Server Backdoor Account Remote Code Execution

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MetaSploit ID: tomcat_mgr_login.rb
MetaSploit Name: Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0557 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0557
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51767
X-Force: 56086
SecurityFocus: 38084 - IBM Cognos Express Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 38457 - IBM Cognos Express Tomcat Manager Hidden Default Account, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 62118 - IBM Cognos Express Tomcat Manager Hardcoded Credentials
Vulnerability Center: 25835 - IBM Cognos Express 9.0 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via the Tomcat Manager Component, High
Vupen: ADV-2010-0297

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/30/2026 14:15
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (75), 02/25/2017 10:14 (13), 09/01/2021 06:21 (4), 12/22/2024 14:29 (21), 04/30/2026 14:15 (2)
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