Privilege escalation in IBM Application Performance Management products

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU16559

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-2017-15288

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the compilation daemon uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port. A local attacker can write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM): before 8.1.4.0.14

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:apm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7030910

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.