VDB-96461 · CVE-2016-8918 · BID 94644

IBM Integration Bus credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Integration Bus. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-8918. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Integration Bus (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Integration Bus, under non default configurations, could allow a remote user to authenticate without providing valid credentials.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2016. The weakness was released 02/01/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8918 since 10/25/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/09/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 61 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 94644†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/25/2016 🔍
12/02/2016 +38 days 🔍
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02/01/2017 +61 days 🔍
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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-2016-8918 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8918
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96461
SecurityFocus: 94644 - IBM Integration Bus CVE-2016-8918 Security Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8918 - IBM - Integration Bus - Authentication Bypass Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 02/02/2017 11:56
Updated: 08/09/2020 20:55
Changes: 02/02/2017 11:56 (57), 08/09/2020 20:55 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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