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Security Bulletin: IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation susceptible to privilege escalation on Android

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Summary

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation has addressed the following vulnerability. The affected version of the InAppBrowser plugin has been upgraded.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-0219
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Cordova could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw when using the InAppBrowser plugin. By using a specially-crafted gap-iab: URI, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172296 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation7.1.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation7.1.0.0Download the iFix from IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on FixCentral

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

27 Feb 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 March 2020

UID

ibm15690667