CVE-2017-1738 Privilege escalation in Rational Quality Manager
An authenticated user can obtain elevated privileges in IBM Rational Quality Manager, requiring a patch to mitigate the risk.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1738?
CVE-2017-1738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Quality Manager, published on 10 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Rational Quality Manager 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5 contains an undisclosed vulnerability that would allow an authenticated user to obtain elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 134919.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1738?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Rational Quality Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1738?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-1738 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1738 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Quality Manager
- CVE-2017-1103 XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- CVE-2019-4602 Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager
- CVE-2018-1759 Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager
- CVE-2018-1763 Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager
- CVE-2018-1764 Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c7jr-x6c5-6hhr.