Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Qradar SIEM

1) Command injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU13045

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 9.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1418

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: Yes

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015797

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.2.0 - 7.3.1 Patch 2

External links

http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3689

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. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.