IBM SmartCloud Control Desk up to 7.5.0.2 Access Restriction access control

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM SmartCloud Control Desk up to 7.5.0.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-6102. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM SmartCloud Control Desk up to 7.5.0.2 (Cloud Software). This affects an unknown part of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.6 IFIX008, Maximo Asset Management 7.5.0 through 7.5.0.3 and 7.5.1 through 7.5.1.2 for SmartCloud Control Desk, and Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.2 for Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT and certain other products do not properly handle logout actions, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended Cognos BI Direct Integration access restrictions by leveraging an unattended workstation.

The weakness was disclosed 02/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-6102 since 09/02/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/13/2018). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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 (96141). The entry VDB-74218 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Cloud Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• SmartCloud Control Desk

Version

• 7.5.0.0
• 7.5.0.1
• 7.5.0.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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