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CVE-2019-4716: IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2019-4716
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
IBM Planning Analytics is vulnerable to a configuration overwrite that allows an unauthenticated user to login as "admin", and then execute code as root or SYSTEM via TM1 scripting.

CSIRTS triage

What
The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to login as 'admin' and execute code as root or SYSTEM via TM1 scripting.
Who is affected
Deployments of IBM Planning Analytics are affected.
Urgency
Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and classified as critical.
Action
Apply the latest security patch provided by IBM.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4716

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2019-4716coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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