Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-1144 - Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in IBM Integration BUS and Websphere Message Broker
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
IBM WebSphere Message Broker could allow a local user with specialized access to prevent the message broker from starting. IBM X-Force ID: 122033.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths This attack loads a malicious resource into a program's standard path used to bootstrap and/or provide contextual information for a program like a path variable or classpath. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker. A standard UNIX path looks similar to this If the attacker modifies the path variable to point to a locale that includes malicious resources then the user unwittingly can execute commands on the attackers' behalf: This is a form of usurping control of the program and the attack can be done on the classpath, database resources, or any other resources built from compound parts. At runtime detection and blocking of this attack is nearly impossible, because the configuration allows execution.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | IBM_INTEGRATION_BUS_SWG22005382.NASL |
| description | The version of IBM Integration Bus (formerly known as IBM WebSphere Message Broker) installed on the remote host is 8.x prior to 8.0.0.9, 9.x prior to 9.0.0.8, or 10.x prior to 10.0.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to the use of an unquoted search path that allows a local attacker with specialized access to prevent the message broker from starting. (CVE-2017-1144) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the service trace component due to logging passwords in plaintext. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose web user passwords. (CVE-2017-1207) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 101521 |
| published | 2017-07-13 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101521 |
| title | IBM Integration Bus 8.x < 8.0.0.9 / 9.x < 9.0.0.8 / 10.x < 10.0.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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