Security Bulletin
Summary
The IBM QRadar Wincollect standalone agent is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure due to missing best practices.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-39006
DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information due to missing best practices.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213549 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| QRadar WinCollect Agent | 10.0 - 10.0.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM recommends customers upgrade their systems promptly.
There is a new upgrade for the Wincollect standalone agent. The following Wincollect standalone agent versions can be used to upgrade the affected versions to resolve the vulnerability. For information on how to upgrade your WinCollect version, see the WinCollect 10.0.2 release notes: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523772
Download and install the Wincollect standalone agent version 10.0.2:
WinCollect Agent MSI (64-bit) - Standalone only: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=7.5.0-QRADAR-AGENT-wincollect-10.0.2-62.x64.msi&continue=1
WinCollect Agent MSI (32-bit) - Standalone only: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=7.5.0-QRADAR-AGENT-wincollect-10.0.2-62.x86.msi&continue=1
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Gabor Minyo, Geoffrey Owden, and Ben Goodspeed from the IBM Security Ethical Hacking Team.
Change History
16 Jun 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 June 2022
UID
ibm16596947