VDB-93020 · CVE-2016-0236 · BID 93823

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor up to 8.2/9.5/10.1 Search command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor up to 8.2/9.5/10.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Search. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-0236. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor up to 8.2/9.5/10.1 (Policy Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the search field.

The weakness was published 10/21/2016 by ryan with IBM X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0236 since 12/08/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93823†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93023, VDB-93022 and VDB-93021. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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12/08/2015 🔍
10/03/2016 +300 days 🔍
10/21/2016 +18 days 🔍
10/21/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/15/2019 +935 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Researcher: ryan
Organization: IBM X-Force
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-0236 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93020
SecurityFocus: 93823 - IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor CVE-2016-0236 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2016 11:14
Updated: 05/15/2019 16:16
Changes: 10/22/2016 11:14 (51), 05/15/2019 16:16 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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