Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM



Published: 2021-12-03 | Updated: 2024-02-08
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 19
CVE-ID CVE-2017-15713
CVE-2021-32399
CVE-2021-29650
CVE-2021-29154
CVE-2021-22555
CVE-2020-27777
CVE-2021-3715
CVE-2019-9924
CVE-2018-18751
CVE-2018-11768
CVE-2020-7226
CVE-2020-9492
CVE-2018-8029
CVE-2020-13954
CVE-2021-22696
CVE-2021-28163
CVE-2021-28169
CVE-2021-28165
CVE-2021-29425
CWE-ID CWE-200
CWE-362
CWE-119
CWE-77
CWE-787
CWE-862
CWE-416
CWE-20
CWE-415
CWE-400
CWE-264
CWE-22
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Vulnerability #5 is being exploited in the wild.
Public exploit code for vulnerability #9 is available.
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 19 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU37620

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15713

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop 0.23.x, 2.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, and 3.0.0-alpha through 3.0.0-beta1 allows a cluster user to expose private files owned by the user running the MapReduce job history server process. The malicious user can construct a configuration file containing XML directives that reference sensitive files on the MapReduce job history server host.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU55257

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32399

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition  for removal of the HCI controller within net/bluetooth/hci_request.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

3) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU56240

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29650

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/x_tables.c and include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h. A local user can trigger memory corruption upon the assignment of a new table value and cause denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

4) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU56241

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29154

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect computation of branch displacements within the BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c. A local user can inject and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

5) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU56017

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22555

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in net/netfilter/x_tables.c in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

6) Missing Authorization

EUVDB-ID: #VU56242

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27777

CWE-ID: CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the way RTAS handles memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries platform) a root like user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a running kernel.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

7) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU56393

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3715

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the "Routing decision" classifier in the Linux kernel's Traffic Control networking subsystem (route4_change() function in net/sched/cls_route.c) in the way it handled changing of classification filters. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

8) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU21785

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9924

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to "rbash" does not prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS. A local authenticate user can execute any command with the permissions of the shell.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

9) Double free error

EUVDB-ID: #VU15583

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18751

CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a double-free condition that exists in the default_add_messagefunction, as defined in the read-catalog.c source code file that is related to an invalid-free condition in the po_gram_parse function, in the po-gram-gen.ysource code file. A local attacker can execute the msgfmt --check command on a file that submits malicious input and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

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.

10) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU35193

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11768

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

In Apache Hadoop 3.1.0 to 3.1.1, 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.3, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.0.0-alpha to 2.8.4, the user/group information can be corrupted across storing in fsimage and reading back from fsimage.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

11) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU27702

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7226

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within CiphertextHeader.java in Cryptacular. A remote attacker can trigger excessive memory allocation during a decode operation, because the nonce array length associated with "new byte" may depend on untrusted input within the header of encoded data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

12) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU50000

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9492

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the way Apache Hadoop handles SPNEGO authorization headers. A remote WebHDFS client can trigger services to send server credentials to a webhdfs path for capturing the service principal.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

13) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU18689

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8029

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions for the API interface. A remote authenticated user can use vulnerable API endpoint to execute arbitrary YARN commands on the system as root.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

14) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU49857

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13954

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Supplier Direct Fulfillment (Apache CXF) component in Oracle Retail Order Broker Cloud Service. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

15) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU51939

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22696

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of "request_uri" parameter by the OAuth 2 authorization service. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

16) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU51878

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28163

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. If the ${jetty.base} directory or the ${jetty.base}/webapps directory is a symlink, the contents of the ${jetty.base}/webapps directory may be deployed as a static web application, exposing the content of the directory for download.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

17) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU53973

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28169

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information..

The vulnerability exists due to a double decoding issue when parsing URI with certain characters. A remote attacker can send requests to the ConcatServlet and WelcomeFilter and view contents of protected resources within the WEB-INF directory.

Example:

/concat?/%2557EB-INF/web.xml

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

18) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU51876

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28165

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing large TLS frames. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger CPU high load and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.

19) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU52252

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29425

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error within the FileNameUtils.normalize method when processing directory traversal sequences, such as "//../foo", or "\..foo". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and verify files availability in the parent folder.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.3.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 2

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-know-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520472


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.



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