Information Disclosure in IBM Cognos Analytics (CVE-2017-1125)
Summary
Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics (CVE-2017-1125). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
IBM Cognos Analytics 10.1 and 10.2 could allow a local user to craft a URL which could confirm the existence of and expose postial contents of a file. IBM X-Force ID: 121340.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-1125 has been found in IBM Cognos Analytics.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "IBM Cognos Analytics CVE-2017-1125" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-1125 (IBM Cognos Analytics) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 3.3
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in IBM Cognos Analytics.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of IBM Cognos Analytics.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで IBM Cognos Analytics を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch ibm.com
- patch exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com