NetIQ Access Governance Suite up to 6.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in NetIQ Access Governance Suite 6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1597. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NetIQ Access Governance Suite 6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some 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:

A logged-in user in NetIQ Access Governance Suite 6.0 through 6.4 could escalate privileges to administrator.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2016. The weakness was disclosed 03/23/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1597 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 387 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2016 🔍
03/01/2016 +49 days 🔍
03/23/2017 +387 days 🔍
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03/23/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/11/2020 +1268 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microfocus.com

Advisory: novell.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-1597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98387
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-1597 - NetIQ - Access Governance Suite - Privilege Escalation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2017 15:25
Updated: 09/11/2020 07:14
Changes: 03/23/2017 15:25 (55), 09/11/2020 07:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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