Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-2930 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Remote Control 9.1.3

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
ibm
CWE-284
nessus
NVD
Published: 2017-05-03
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

IBM BigFix Remote Control 9.1.3 could allow a remote attacker to perform actions reserved for an administrator without authentication. IBM X-Force ID: 5512.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ibm
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Signature Spoofing by Key Theft
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idIBM_BIGFIX_REMOTE_CONTROL_9_1_4.NASL
descriptionThe version of IBM BigFix Remote Control running on the remote host is prior to 9.1.4. It is, therefore, affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to perform administrative actions without requiring authentication. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id103188
published2017-09-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103188
titleIBM BigFix Remote Control < 9.1.4 Authentication Bypass
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(103188);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2930");
  script_bugtraq_id(98304);

  script_name(english:"IBM BigFix Remote Control < 9.1.4 Authentication Bypass");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of IBM BigFix Remote Control.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An application running on the remote host is affected by an
authentication bypass vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of IBM BigFix Remote Control running on the remote host is
prior to 9.1.4. It is, therefore, affected by an authentication bypass
vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to perform administrative
actions without requiring authentication.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied
only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22002331");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to IBM BigFix Remote Control version 9.1.4 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:ND");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/04/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/04/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/09/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ibm:bigfix_remote_control");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_remote_control");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ibm_bigfix_remote_control.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/IBM BigFix Remote Control");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80, 443, 9080, 9443);

  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");
include("http.inc");

app = "IBM BigFix Remote Control";

constraints = [ { "min_version" : "9.0", "fixed_version" : "9.1.4" } ];

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, webapp:true);

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2);

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

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