IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics up to 7.5.5 Cache information disclosure

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics up to 7.5.5. Affected is an unknown function of the component Cache Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1996. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics up to 7.5.5 (Log Management Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Cache Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.x before 7.2.5 Patch 5 does not prevent caching of HTTPS responses, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive local-cache information by leveraging an unattended workstation.

The weakness was disclosed 11/08/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1996 since 02/19/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch Patch 5 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Type

• Log Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Security QRadar Incident Forensics

Version

• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.2
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.5.4
• 7.5.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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