IBM WebSphere Message up to 8.0.0.1 Uninstaller access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Message up to 8.0.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file Uninstaller. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-3317. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Message up to 8.0.0.1 (Application Server Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file Uninstaller. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 before 6.1.0.11, 7.0 before 7.0.0.5, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2 has incorrect ownership of certain uninstaller Java Runtime Environment (JRE) files, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to uid 501 or gid 300.

The weakness was released 11/29/2012 as swg21611401 as confirmed advisory (IBM Knowledge Base). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3317 since 06/07/2012. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120709 (IBM WebSphere Message Broker File System Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability (IC85477)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77818), SecurityFocus (BID 56758†), OSVDB (88057†), Secunia (SA51452†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-37699†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Upgrade: WebSphere Message 8.0.0.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: swg21611401
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3317 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3317
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7061
X-Force: 77818 - IBM WebSphere Message Broker Uninstaller JVM file privilege escalation, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 56758 - IBM WebSphere Message Broker File System Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 51452 - IBM WebSphere Message Broker File System Permissions Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 88057
Vulnerability Center: 37699 - IBM WebSphere Message Broker Local User Privilege Escalation, High

Entryinfo

Created: 12/04/2012 11:06
Updated: 12/31/2024 02:40
Changes: 12/04/2012 11:06 (47), 04/22/2017 17:13 (27), 12/31/2024 02:40 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:485:103

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