IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

CRITICAL

10 / 10

Minimal Risk Critical

Vector Specification

CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AC:L/PR:N/I:H/S:C/AV:N/C:H/A:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U

Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

93.37 %

Predictive Probability

Percentile Rank

99.8 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 99.8% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Nov 03, 2021

Remediation Due

May 03, 2022

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

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.

Remediation Directive

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

External Intelligence

NVD

National Vulnerability Database

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