VDB-89618 · CVE-2016-0321 · BID 91751

IBM Personal Communications up to 6.0.16/12.0.0.0 PowerShell information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Personal Communications up to 6.0.16/12.0.0.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PowerShell. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-0321. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Personal Communications up to 6.0.16/12.0.0.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component PowerShell. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Personal Communications (aka PCOMM) 6.x before 6.0.17 and 12.x before 12.0.0.1 does not properly restrict credential extraction, which allows local users to discover passwords by leveraging access to the victim account and executing a PowerShell script.

The weakness was presented 07/17/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0321 since 12/08/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 6.0.17 or 12.0.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91751†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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NVD Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Personal Communications 6.0.17/12.0.0.1

Timelineinfo

12/08/2015 🔍
07/17/2016 +222 days 🔍
07/17/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/18/2016 +1 days 🔍
03/01/2019 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-0321 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0321
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89618
SecurityFocus: 91751

Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2016 11:42
Updated: 03/01/2019 11:12
Changes: 07/18/2016 11:42 (49), 03/01/2019 11:12 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:1E1:103

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