CVE-2017-1122 Command injection in Security Guardium

High 7.4 Published Updated

A local attacker with CLI access can inject arbitrary commands to execute code as root on IBM Security Guardium.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-1122?

CVE-2017-1122 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 20 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium 8.2, 9.0, and 10.0 contains a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker with CLI access to inject arbitrary commands which would be executed as root. IBM X-Force ID: 121174.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1122?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2017-1122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Security Guardium vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4q97-g4xv-35c8.

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