Information disclosure in IBM WebSphere Portal

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU9735

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1698

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to unspecified condition that exist when returning an error message. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, trigger an error message response and access sensitive information within the error message.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in further attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

:

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:websphere_portal:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011519

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.