IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager up to 2.0.2 FP7 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager up to 2.0.2 FP7. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2996. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager up to 2.0.2 FP7. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager 2.0 before 2.0.2 FP8, when Virtual Appliance is used, allows remote authenticated users to append to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/01/2016. The weakness was released 11/24/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-2996 since 03/09/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 146 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying the patch 2.0.2 FP8 is able to eliminate this problem.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-93772. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 2.0.2 FP8

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03/09/2016 🔍
07/01/2016 +114 days 🔍
11/24/2016 +146 days 🔍
11/24/2016 +0 days 🔍
11/25/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/09/2019 +926 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2996 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93781
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/25/2016 08:41
Updated: 06/09/2019 06:43
Changes: 11/25/2016 08:41 (51), 06/09/2019 06:43 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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