Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in IBM Application Performance Management products

1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU37982

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3166

CWE-ID: CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

In Apache Hadoop versions 2.6.1 to 2.6.5, 2.7.0 to 2.7.3, and 3.0.0-alpha1, if a file in an encryption zone with access permissions that make it world readable is localized via YARN's localization mechanism, that file will be stored in a world-readable location and can be shared freely with any application that requests to localize that file.

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

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7030912

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.