Vulnerability CVE-2018-1420 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-1420 (CCN-138950)

Assigned:

2017-12-13

Published:

2018-09-25

Updated:

2019-10-09

Summary:

IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 resets access control settings to the out of the box configuration during Combined Cumulative Fix (CF) installation. This can lead to security miss-configuration of the installation. IBM X-Force ID: 138950.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-1420

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1041767

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ibm-websphere-cve20181420-improper-access(138950)

Source: XF
Type: VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
ibm-websphere-cve20181420-improper-access(138950)

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 2014276 (WebSphere Portal)
Security Misconfiguration during Combined Cumulative Fix Installation Affects IBM WebSphere Portal (CVE-2018-1420)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014276

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf011:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf012:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf013:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf014:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf015:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf016:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf017:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf018:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf019:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.1:cf020:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf012:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf013:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf014:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf015:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf016:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf017:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf018:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf019:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf020:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf021:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf022:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf023:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf024:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf025:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf026:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf027:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf028:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf029:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0.0.2:cf030:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:cf01:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:cf02:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:cf03:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:cf04:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:cf05:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.0:cf06:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf04:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf05:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf06:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf07:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf08:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf09:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf10:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf11:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf12:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf13:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf14:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf15:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf16:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf17:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf18:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf19:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf20:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf21:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0.0.1:cf22:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf01:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf02:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf03:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf04:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf05:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf06:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf07:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf08:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf09:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf10:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf11:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf12:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf13:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf14:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:cf15:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:9.0.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:9.0.0.0:cf14:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:9.0.0.0:cf15:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable