CVE-2019-4471
Published: 01 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2019-4471 is a medium-severity Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CWE-311) vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2019-14078
Vulnerability details
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the secure flag for a sensitive cookie in an HTTPS session. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to…
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obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 163780.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Privacy and security training stresses encryption of sensitive data, reducing missing encryption weaknesses.
Exchange agreements must document security requirements, which would include encryption to protect sensitive data in transit.
The map highlights data actions that involve sensitive data, enabling identification of missing encryption requirements.
Settings can require encryption of sensitive data, preventing missing encryption weaknesses.
Architectures must describe confidentiality protections, which includes mandating encryption for sensitive data in transit and at rest.
Privacy and security curricula stress encryption requirements, reducing missing encryption of sensitive data.
Requires encryption and similar controls for CUI processed or stored externally, preventing missing encryption of sensitive data.
Monitoring detects missing encryption of sensitive data in storage or transit configurations.