Unauthorized activities via improperly encoded output
Published Feb 11, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Output encoding failure in IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized activities. IBM has not disclosed the affected component, output sink, or the data whose encoding permits the unauthorized action. Exploitation is network-based and requires user interaction under IBM’s assessment; the reported consequence is limited to integrity impact.
Summary
What happened
Output encoding failure in IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized activities. IBM has not disclosed the affected component, output sink, or the data whose encoding permits the unauthorized action. Exploitation is network-based and requires user interaction under IBM’s assessment; the reported consequence is limited to integrity impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-20405
- Published
- Feb 11, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- Security Verify Information Queue
- Classifications
- CWE-116
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 11, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.6
- Affected versionversion=1.0.7
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