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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.1520
Security Bulletin: IBM Personal Communications could allow a remote user to
obtain sensitive information including user passwords,
leading to unauthorized access. (CVE-2016-0321)
15 June 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Personal Communications
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-0321
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21981692
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Security Bulletin: IBM Personal Communications could allow a remote user to
obtain sensitive information including user passwords, leading to
unauthorized access. (CVE-2016-0321)
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for:
Personal Communications
General Information
Software version:
6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10,
6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.0.16, 12.0.0
Operating system(s):
Windows
Reference #:
1981692
Modified date:
2016-06-14
Summary
Unauthorized access vulnerability could be exploited on a user's machine as a
result of design flaw in IBM Personal Communications leading to remote user
obtaining sensitive information like user id/credentials.
Vulnerability Details
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CVEID:
CVE-2016-0321
DESCRIPTION:
IBM Personal Communications is susceptible to Unauthorized access
vulnerability when running on a compromised system (by the victim opening a
mail with a malicious attachment or visiting a malicious website). Malware
could run with user privileges but not necessarily having access to the
password. Attacker could retrieve user credentials by running PowerShell
Script and by exploiting design flaw in IBM Personal Communications to
extract users' password.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
111584
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Personal Communications from version 6.0 to 6.0.16 and version 12.0 on
all supported platforms.
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to Personal Communications 12.0.0.1 or later.
OR
Apply the fix associated with APAR IT12006
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
*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 Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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