Information disclosure in Fortify Software Security Center

Published: 2018-12-14

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2018-7690 CVE-2018-7691
CWE-ID	CWE-200
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Fortify Software Security Center Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers
Vendor	OpenText

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU16517

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7690

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the SSC REST API. A remote attacker can gain access to arbitrary details of the Local and LDAP users via POST method and to arbitrary details of other user's Fortify projects via GET method.

Mitigation

Update to version 18.20.

Vulnerable software versions

Fortify Software Security Center: 17.10 - 18.10

External links

http://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03298201

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU16518