CVE-2012-0701 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0701?

CVE-2012-0701 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, published on 31 Jan 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The client applications in the DataStage Administrator client in InfoSphere DataStage in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1, 8.5 before FP3, and 8.7 rely on client-side access control, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0701?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Infosphere Datastage, Ibm Infosphere Information Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0701?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0701 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2012-0701 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0701 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Infosphere Information Server

• CVE-2016-6059 XML external entity in InfoSphere Information Server High 8.1
• CVE-2015-1900 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2011-3123 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2011-3124 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2016-9000 Cross-site scripting in InfoSphere Information Server Medium 6.1

All Ibm Infosphere Information Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f5p9-vc4w-mc6r.