Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to local privilege escalation if this could be combined with other unknown vulnerabilities then privilege escalation could be performed. IBM QRadar SIEM has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-39088
DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to local privilege escalation if this could be combined with other unknown vulnerabilities then privilege escalation could be performed.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216111 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM QRadar SIEM | 7.3.0 - 7.3.3 Fix Pack 11 |
| IBM QRadar SIEM | 7.4.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 5 |
| IBM QRadar SIEM | 7.5.0 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 1 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.
| Affected Product(s) | Versions | Fix |
| IBM QRadar SIEM | 7.3 | 7.3.3 Fix Pack 12 |
| IBM QRadar SIEM | 7.4 | 7.4.3 Fix Pack 6 |
| IBM QRadar SIEM | 7.5 | 7.5.0 Update Pack 2 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Ben Leonard-Lagarde & Freddie Sibley-Calder (Modux).
Change History
18 Jul 2022: 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:
26 July 2022
UID
ibm16607129