CVE-2018-1640 Command injection in Security Privileged Identity Manager
Remote authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance via crafted requests.
- 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-2018-1640?
CVE-2018-1640 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager, published on 2 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 2.2.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 144580.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1640?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1640?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1640 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-2018-1640 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1640 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5964 Security feature bypass in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2018-1618 Path traversal in Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5958 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5988 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-2996 Path traversal in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5r4m-p4mf-4gm4.