CVE-2015-7410
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Health Check tool in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 does not properly use cookies in conjunction with HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Health Check tool in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 fails to properly secure cookies during HTTPS sessions, likely by not setting the Secure flag on session cookies. This allows an attacker positioned as a man-in-the-middle to intercept or manipulate cookies, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information or performing unauthorized actions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 5.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm IBM Sterling B2B Integrator versionLocate the installed version of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator in the system. This is typically found in the product's about section, installation directory, or by querying the application server. Check version 5.2 specifically.Affected if The installed version is exactly 5.2.
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Verify Health Check tool is accessibleDetermine if the Health Check tool endpoint is accessible in the environment. This is typically a web-based diagnostic interface. Check whether this tool can be reached over the network.Affected if The Health Check tool is enabled and network-accessible.
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Confirm HTTPS is being used for Health CheckAccess the Health Check tool URL and verify the connection is using HTTPS (look for https:// in the URL and a valid SSL/TLS connection).Affected if The Health Check tool is accessed via HTTPS.
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Inspect Health Check cookies for Secure flagUse a browser developer tool or a network proxy to capture the HTTP response headers from the Health Check tool over HTTPS. Examine the Set-Cookie headers to check if the Secure attribute is present on session cookies.Affected if Session cookies from the Health Check tool over HTTPS are missing the Secure flag.
A user is affected if they are running IBM Sterling B2B Integrator version 5.2, the Health Check tool is accessible over HTTPS, and the session cookies do not include the Secure flag.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataConfigure the Health Check tool's cookies to include the Secure flag, ensuring they are only transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections. Additionally, consider implementing HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) and validating the full cookie handling chain.
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