IBM Tivoli Netview Services Command ADM access control ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Tivoli Netview Services. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument ADM leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-9768. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is still unclear if this vulnerability genuinely exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Tivoli Netview Services (Directory Service Software) (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument ADM 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. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** IBM Tivoli NetView Access Services (NVAS) allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by entering the ADM command and modifying a "page ID" field to the EMSPG2 transaction code. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is that configuration and use of available security controls in the NVAS product mitigates the reported vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 03/18/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at vimeo.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9768 since 03/16/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/06/2024). 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.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

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

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• Directory Service Software

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• IBM

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• Tivoli Netview Services

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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