VDB-93895 · CVE-2016-3004 · BID 94332

IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-3004. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3 (Groupware Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, and 5.0 before CR4 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify the set of available applications.

The bug was discovered 11/11/2016. The weakness was published 11/30/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3004 since 03/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 19 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94332†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93891, VDB-93892, VDB-93894 and VDB-93896. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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03/09/2016 🔍
11/11/2016 +247 days 🔍
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11/30/2016 +19 days 🔍
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06/13/2019 +925 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3004 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93895
SecurityFocus: 94332 - IBM Connections CVE-2016-3004 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2016 21:00
Updated: 06/13/2019 10:48
Changes: 11/30/2016 21:00 (52), 06/13/2019 10:48 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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