8.1
HIGH
CVE-2019-9872
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Cloud Server Credentials Exfiltration
Description

In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating run configurations for cloud application servers leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. If the Settings Repository plugin was then used and configured to synchronize IDE settings using a public repository, these credentials were published to this repository. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2019.1, 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, and 2018.1.8.

INFO

Published Date :

July 3, 2019, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9872 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Jetbrains intellij_idea
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/06/19/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q1-2019/ Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-9872 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-255 CWE-522 CWE-312
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/06/19/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q1-2019/ No Types Assigned https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/06/19/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q1-2019/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-255
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.1 up to (excluding) 2018.1.8 *cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.2 up to (excluding) 2018.2.8 *cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.3 up to (excluding) 2018.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.3.6 up to (excluding) 2019.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.22 }} 0.00%

score

0.58626

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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