Security Bulletin: IBM Platform Symphony (CVE-2013-5400)

Summary

This bulletin relates to a potential elevation of privilege vulnerability when IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition is installed in a networked environment.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID:CVE-2013-5400

**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition installation includes a servlet that can bypass user authentication through built-in credentials. In a networked environment, malicious users on the network may be able to gain access to the local environment through the servlet.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/87296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS:
IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition 5.2, 6.1.x

REMEDIATION:

Vendor Fix(es): None.

Workaround(s) & MITIGATION(s): IBM Platform Symphony Developer Edition is designed for developers to build and test their Platform Symphony applications. To prevent malicious access by other networked users, the Platform Symphony DE GUI should be configured to only bind with the local loopback IP address (127.0.0.1). Platform Symphony DE should also be run from a non-privileged user account to further reduce security risks.

REFERENCES:
· Complete CVSS Guide
· On-line Calculator V2_ _
· CVE-2013-5400
· _X-Force Vulnerability Database _http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/87296

RELATED INFORMATION:
_IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal _IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AbdulAziz Hariri, HP Zero Day Initiative

CHANGE HISTORY
5 February, 2014 Original Copy Published

_*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Flash. _

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