IBM Infosphere Master Data Management Collaborative Server Privileges improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM Infosphere Master Data Management Collaborative Server up to 10.0.0.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Privileges. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-8896. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Infosphere Master Data Management Collaborative Server up to 10.0.0.5 (Reporting Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Collaboration Server in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server for Product Information Management 9.x through 9.1 and InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 10.x through 10.1, 11.0 before FP7, and 11.3 and 11.4 before 11.4 FP1 allows remote authenticated users to modify the administrator s credentials and consequently gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 12/22/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8896 since 11/14/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/06/2018). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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 vulnerability database at X-Force (99049). Similar entries are available at VDB-73343, VDB-73342 and VDB-73341. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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11/14/2014 🔍
12/22/2014 +38 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +95 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +1106 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
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CVE: CVE-2014-8896 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8896
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73340
X-Force: 99049

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/06/2018 11:50
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (45), 04/06/2018 11:50 (6)
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