Advisory Details

February 13th, 2014

IBM Platform Symphony DE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-5387
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Platform Symphony DE
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Platform Symphony DE. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists in the way SOAP requests are handled. A malformed SOAP request would overwrite a statically sized buffer that could allow remote code execution in the context of the process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1020072
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-09-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-02-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri HP Zero Day Initiative

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