CVE-2019-18572 - Improper Authentication

Severity

98%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

98%

The RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance products prior to 7.1.1 P03 contain an Improper Authentication vulnerability. A Java JMX agent running on the remote host is configured with plain text password authentication. An unauthenticated remote attacker can connect to the JMX agent and monitor and manage the Java application.

The RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance products prior to 7.1.1 P03 contain an Improper Authentication vulnerability. A Java JMX agent running on the remote host is configured with plain text password authentication. An unauthenticated remote attacker can connect to the JMX agent and monitor and manage the Java application.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Demo Examples

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

The following code intends to ensure that the user is already logged in. If not, the code performs authentication with the user-provided username and password. If successful, it sets the loggedin and user cookies to "remember" that the user has already logged in. Finally, the code performs administrator tasks if the logged-in user has the "Administrator" username, as recorded in the user cookie.


               
}
}
ExitError("Error: you need to log in first");
);
);
DoAdministratorTasks();

Unfortunately, this code can be bypassed. The attacker can set the cookies independently so that the code does not check the username and password. The attacker could do this with an HTTP request containing headers such as:


               
[body of request]

By setting the loggedin cookie to "true", the attacker bypasses the entire authentication check. By using the "Administrator" value in the user cookie, the attacker also gains privileges to administer the software.

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

Overview

Type

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle

First reported 5 years ago

2019-12-18 21:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-30 16:44:00

Affected Software

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.0

7.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 01

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 02

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 03

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 04

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 05

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 06

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 07

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.0 Patch 08

7.1.0

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.1

7.1.1

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.1 Patch 01

7.1.1

Dell RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.1.1 Patch 02

7.1.1

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