IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud 9.0/10.0.0 sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud 9.0/10.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-9992. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud 9.0/10.0.0 (Cloud Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud 9.0, and 10.0.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM Reference #: 1992067.

The bug was discovered 02/27/2017. The weakness was published 03/01/2017 as 1992067 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-9992 since 12/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/03/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-96404, VDB-96410, VDB-96412 and VDB-96413. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Cloud Software

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• IBM

Name

• Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud

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• 9.0
• 10.0.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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