CVE-2019-4707
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 · uneditedIBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.7.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 172018.
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 confidenceIBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.7.0 contains an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability where parsing XML data allows attackers to define external entities that can access local resources or cause denial-of-service through memory exhaustion.
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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= 9.0.7.0CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
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 Security Access Manager Appliance is installedIdentify the product by checking system information, the appliance management console, or running package queries such as 'dpkg -l' or 'rpm -qa' for IBM Security Access Manager packagesAffected if The product is IBM Security Access Manager Appliance
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Verify the installed version is 9.0.7.0Check the appliance version through the management console web interface, or use the command line 'appliance version' or inspect package management output for the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 9.0.7.0
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Determine if XML parsing functionality is accessibleReview configuration files, exposed endpoints, or logs for XML-based interfaces such as SAML federation, XML API endpoints, or any feature that accepts XML input for processingAffected if XML parsing features or XML-based APIs are enabled and accessible to users
The environment is affected only if IBM Security Access Manager Appliance version 9.0.7.0 is running with XML parsing functionality exposed or accessible.
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 dataApply IBM patches for this vulnerability or disable external entity processing in XML parsers within the appliance to prevent XXE attacks.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-4707 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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