CVE-2019-4321 — IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5

IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 - V5.2.0, IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management V5.1.0 - V5.1.0.6, and IBM Water Operations for Waternamics V5.1.0 - V5.2.1.1 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier f

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 - V5.2.0, IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management V5.1.0 - V5.1.0.6, and IBM Water Operations for Waternamics V5.1.0 - V5.2.1.1 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 161201.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-09-05T14:50:15.636Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T20:11:57.955Z

09References

• www.ibm.com — http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10885901
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161201