NW-2024:06: NetWitness Platform Broken Access Control Vulnerability

NW Identifier
NW-2024:06

CVE Identifier
CVE-2024-28058

Severity Rating:
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.3
CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Severity
Moderate

Affected Products
NetWitness Platform versions prior to and including 12.5.0.0

Summary
NW Platform contains remediation for a broken access control vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to gain unauthorized access and compromise the affected system.

Details
A moderate vulnerability has been identified in the RSA NetWitness Platform, affecting versions 12.5 and earlier. This vulnerability arises from broken access control mechanisms, allowing internal threat actors to impersonate users with active sessions, even after those users have had their access revoked by an administrator. Specifically, in versions prior to 12.5, an internal threat actor could exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, posing a significant security risk within the NetWitness environment.

Resolution
The following NetWitness Platform release contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities: NetWitness Platform version 12.5.1

NetWitness recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
For additional documentation, downloads and more, visit the NetWitness Platform page on NetWitness Community.

Credit
RSA would like to thank “Maged Ramadan” for reporting this issue (CVE-2024-28058).

Severity Rating
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to RSA's Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. NetWitness recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.

EOPS

NetWitness has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. Please refer to the Product Version Life Cycle for additional details.

Legal Information
Read and use the information in this RSA Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this advisory, contact RSA Customer Support. RSA Security LLC and its affiliates distribute RSA Security Advisories in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected RSA products, important security information.
RSA recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set forth herein is provided "as is" without a warranty of any kind. RSA disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
In no event shall RSA, its affiliates or its suppliers, be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if RSA, its affiliates or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the foregoing limitation may not apply.