CVE-2017-1459 Missing authorization in Security Access Manager

What is CVE-2017-1459?

CVE-2017-1459 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Security Access Manager, published on 10 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 8.0.0 and 9.0.0 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 128378.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1459?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Ibm Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Mobile, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1459 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-2017-1459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Access Manager

• CVE-2016-2908 XML external entity in Access Manager Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-1453 Command injection in Security Access Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-3029 Cross-site request forgery in Access Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2017-1477 XML external entity in Security Access Manager High 8.1
• CVE-2015-5018 Command injection in n/a High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q9x6-pv9g-wxxx.