VDB-96452 · CVE-2016-6122 · BID 94334

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1/13.2/13.3/13.4 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1/13.2/13.3/13.4. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6122. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1/13.2/13.3/13.4 (Cloud Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud 13.1 and 13.2 - 13.2.4 discloses answers to security questions in a response to authenticated users.

The bug was discovered 11/11/2016. The weakness was disclosed 02/01/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6122 since 06/29/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 82 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94334†). The entries VDB-96453, VDB-96454, VDB-96455 and VDB-96456 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Cloud Software

Vendor

Name

Kenexa LMS on Cloud

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/29/2016 🔍
11/11/2016 +135 days 🔍
11/11/2016 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2017 +82 days 🔍
02/01/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/02/2017 +1 days 🔍
08/09/2020 +1284 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96452
SecurityFocus: 94334 - IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud CVE-2016-6122 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-6122 - IBM - Kenexa LMS on Cloud - Information Disclosure Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/02/2017 11:55
Updated: 08/09/2020 16:58
Changes: 02/02/2017 11:55 (60), 08/09/2020 16:58 (6)
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