Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx.data

1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU87614

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22259

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing URL with the UriComponentsBuilder component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU86695

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22243

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing URL with the UriComponentsBuilder component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

3) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU89801

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22262

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing URL with the UriComponentsBuilder component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Note, this vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU87614 (CVE-2024-22259) and #VU86695 (CVE-2024-22243).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

4) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96018

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38809

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

5) Improper privilege management

EUVDB-ID: #VU11753

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2018-1272

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The weakness exists due to improper processing of multipart requests. A remote attacker can make a multipart request that injects malicious content to the target server, cause it to use wrong values and gain root privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

EUVDB-ID: #VU77101

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5211

CWE-ID: CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to Reflected File Download (RFD) attack. A remote unauthenticated attacker can perform a Reflected File Download (RFD) attack by tricking victim into opening a specially crafted URL with a batch script extension and then execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

7) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU61720

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22096

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify existing log records.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and inject arbitrary records into log files.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

8) XXE attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU312

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3192

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXe-attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in JBoss BPM Suite and BRMS. A remote attacker can cause denial of service conditions by submitting a specially crafted XML file that would cause out-of-memory errors when parsed.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service conditions on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

9) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU76601

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [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:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000027

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

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.

10) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU49739

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5421

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Core (Spring Framework) component in Oracle Communications Session Report Manager. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

watsonx.data: 2.0.0 - 2.0.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182898

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	10
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-22259 CVE-2024-22243 CVE-2024-22262 CVE-2024-38809 CVE-2018-1272 CVE-2015-5211 CVE-2021-22096 CVE-2015-3192 CVE-2016-1000027 CVE-2020-5421
CWE-ID	CWE-918 CWE-20 CWE-269 CWE-552 CWE-611 CWE-502
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #10 is available.
Vulnerable software	watsonx.data Web applications / JS libraries
Vendor	IBM Corporation