HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1373

Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 3.1 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 137773.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Published
2018-03-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1373

  • Confirm whether Ibm Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1373.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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