IBM Cognos Express up to 9.4 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Express up to 9.4. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-5445. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Express up to 9.4 (Business Process Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Cognos Express 9.0 before IFIX 2, 9.5 before IFIX 2, 10.1 before IFIX 2, and 10.2.1 before FP1 allows local users to obtain sensitive cleartext information by leveraging knowledge of a static decryption key.

The weakness was released 03/25/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-5445 since 08/22/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87821) and SecurityFocus (BID 66361†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-66785 and VDB-66784. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cognos Express 9.5

Timelineinfo

08/22/2013 🔍
03/25/2014 +215 days 🔍
03/25/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +364 days 🔍
05/09/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5445 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5445
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66786
X-Force: 87821 - IBM Cognos Express information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 66361

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/09/2026 01:22
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (49), 02/22/2018 07:09 (6), 05/09/2026 01:22 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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