VDB-98309 · CVE-2017-1134 · BID 96764

IBM Power Hardware Management Console 3.3.2/4.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Power Hardware Management Console 3.3.2/4.1. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-1134. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Power Hardware Management Console 3.3.2/4.1. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 3.3.2 and 4.1 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to gain root access. IBM Reference #: 1998459.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2017. The weakness was shared 03/20/2017 by Martin (Website). The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1134 since 11/30/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. 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 11/14/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370536 (IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (swg21998459)).

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 96764†). The entry VDB-100823 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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11/30/2016 🔍
03/07/2017 +97 days 🔍
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03/20/2017 +13 days 🔍
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03/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/14/2022 +2064 days 🔍

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Researcher: Martin
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CVE: CVE-2017-1134 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1134
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98309
SecurityFocus: 96764 - IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-1134 - IBM - SA MP - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038389

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2017 07:50
Updated: 11/14/2022 09:04
Changes: 03/21/2017 07:50 (63), 09/23/2020 09:45 (5), 11/14/2022 09:04 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:672:103

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