Command injection in IBM Qradar SIEM - CVE-2018-1418
Published: May 30, 2018 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13045
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1418
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Qradar SIEM
IBM Qradar SIEM
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication, gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a built-in application to perform forensic analysis on certain files is disabled in the free Community Edition, but the code is still there. A remote attacker can abuse both components of the forensics application (servlet running in Java, and the main web application running PHP), bypass authentication, write a file to disk, and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to a built-in application to perform forensic analysis on certain files is disabled in the free Community Edition, but the code is still there. A remote attacker can abuse both components of the forensics application (servlet running in Java, and the main web application running PHP), bypass authentication, write a file to disk, and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1418
Install update from vendor's website.
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015797
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015797