CVE-2018-1970

CVSS V2 Medium 5.5 CVSS V3 High 7.1

Description

IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 153751.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-1970

Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2019-02-04T21:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-09T23:39:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-611	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_access_manager::::::::	1	OR	7.0.1	7.0.1.10

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5.5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
LOW

Base Score
7.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
4.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153751	VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10796380	Patch Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1970
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1970

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:04:17				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:05:37	2019-02-04T21:29Z	2019-02-04T21:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:05:37		2019-10-09T23:39:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:05:37		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated