IBM Business Process Manager up to 8.0.1.0 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Business Process Manager up to 8.0.1.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-4844. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Business Process Manager up to 8.0.1.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Access Restriction. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The import/export functionality in IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) 7.5.x through 7.5.1.2, 8.0.x through 8.0.1.3, and 8.5.x through 8.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a project action for a (1) process application or (2) toolkit.

The weakness was presented 12/16/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4844 since 07/09/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/02/2018). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123971 (IBM Business Process Manager Access Restrictions Bypass (swg21690554)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95724) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54027†). See VDB-73269 and VDB-73264 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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06/21/2013 🔍
07/09/2014 +383 days 🔍
12/16/2014 +160 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +101 days 🔍
10/29/2015 +216 days 🔍
03/02/2018 +855 days 🔍

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
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CVE: CVE-2014-4844 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4844
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73268
X-Force: 95724
Vulnerability Center: 54027 - IBM Business Process Manager Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability via a Project Action, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 03/02/2018 09:29
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (56), 03/02/2018 09:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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