SB2018012510 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Analytics
Published: January 25, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018012510
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
3
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1783)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient access and privileges controls. A local attacker can change parameters set from the Cognos Analytics menus without proper authentication.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1784)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient access and privileges controls. A local attacker can gain access to the results in temporary files that contain highly sensitive information.
3) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1779)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient access and privileges controls. A local attacker can gain access to locally cached credentials.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.