Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database JVN iPedia Registration Status [2019 1st Quarter (Jan. - Mar.)]

1. 2019 1st Quarter: Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database JVN iPedia Registration Status

 The vulnerability countermeasure information database JVN iPedia (https://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/) is endeavoring to become a comprehensive vulnerability database where vulnerability information is aggregated for easy access for IT users. JVN iPedia collects and/or translates the vulnerability information published by 1) domestic software developers, 2) JVN (*1), a vulnerability information portal run by JPCERT/CC and IPA, and 3) NVD (*2), a vulnerability database run by NIST (*3). JVN iPedia has been making vulnerability information available to the public since April 25, 2007.

1-1. Vulnerabilities Registered in 2019/1Q

~ JVN iPedia now stores 97,444 vulnerabilities ~

The summary of the vulnerability information registered to the Japanese version of JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter of 2019 (January 1 to March 31, 2019) is shown in the table below. As of the end of March 2019, the total number of vulnerabilities stored in JVN iPedia is 97,444 (Table 1-1, Figure 1-1).

As for the JVN iPedia English version, the total number of vulnerabilities stored is 2,018 as shown in the lower half of the Table 1-1.

Table 1-1. Vulnerabilities Registered to JVN iPedia during 1st Quarter of 2019

2. Details on JVN iPedia Registered Data

2-1. Types of Vulnerabilities Reported

 Figure 2-1 shows the number of vulnerabilities newly added to JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter of 2019, sorted by the CWE vulnerability types.  
The type of the vulnerabilities reported most in the 1st quarter is CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) with 617 cases, followed by CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) with 430, CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (Buffer Errors)) with 407, CWE-200 (Information Exposure) with 317, CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) with 311.

CWE-79, the most reported vulnerability type in this quarter, could allow attackers to display false webpages and/or steal information.

Software developers need to make sure to mitigate vulnerability from the planning and design phase of software development. IPA provides tools and guidelines, such as "How to Secure Your Website" (*4), "Secure Programing Guide" (*5) and "AppGoat" (*6), a hands-on venerability learning tool, for website developers and operators to build secure websites.

2-2. Severity of Vulnerabilities Reported

Figure 2-2 shows the yearly change in the CVSSv2 rating scale based severity of vulnerabilities registered to JVN iPedia.

As for the vulnerabilities added to JVN iPedia in 2019, 24.2 percent are "level III" (7.0 - 10.0), 64.3 percent are "level ll" (4.0 – 6.9) and 11.5 percent are "level I" (0.0 – 3.9). This means 88.5 percent of all vulnerabilities registered are level II or higher, which are potentially critical enough to cause damage like information exposure or data modification.

Figure 2-3 shows the yearly change in the CVSSv3 rating scale based severity of vulnerabilities registered to JVN iPedia.

As for the vulnerabilities added to JVN iPedia in 2019, 15.3 percent are "Critical" (9.0 – 10.0), 42.3 percent are "High" (7.0 – 8.9), 41.5 percent are "Medium" (4.0 – 6.9) and 0.9 percent are "Low" (0.1 – 3.9).

To avoid threats posed by the known vulnerabilities, both product developers and IT users should pay close attention to vulnerability disclosure and update software they use to a fixed version or apply a security patch as soon as possible when they become available. IT users can check vulnerabilities newly published on JVN iPedia in RSS and XML format (*7) as well.

2-3. Types of Software Reported with Vulnerability

Figure 2-4 shows the yearly change in the type of software reported with vulnerability. Application vulnerabilities have been published most, accounting for 75.9 percent (3,621 out of 4,770) of the 2019 total.

Figure 2-5 shows the yearly change in the number of JVN iPedia-stored vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) used in critical infrastructure sectors. As of March 2019, the total of 1,831 ICS vulnerabilities have been registered.

2-4. Products Reported with Vulnerability

 Table 2-1 lists the top 20 software whose vulnerabilities were most registered to JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter (January to March) of 2019.  
In this quarter, Debian GNU/Linux is the 1st rank which continued from the previous quarter (2018 Q4). Debian GNU/Linux is provided by integrating the OS and over 50,000 software packages so that Debian GNU/Linux fix the vulnerabilities according to the fix of the vulnerabilities of those packages. Accordingly, it is thought that the number of registered Debian GNU/Linux continues to be high (*8).

Besides those in the top 20 list, JVN iPedia stores and offers vulnerability information about a variety of software. IPA hopes software developers and users will make good use of JVN iPedia to efficiently check vulnerability information and take necessary action in a timely manner (*9).

Table 2-1. Top 20 Software Products Vulnerabilities Were Most Registered [Jan. – Mar. 2019]

3. Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information

Table 3-1 lists the top 20 most accessed vulnerability information in JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter of 2019 (January to March).

Of the vulnerability countermeasure information ranked high in this quarter, the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th rank were collected from domestic product developers. Except for the above and the 5th rank, 15 are vulnerability countermeasure information released on the Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Portal Site JVN. Those products registered in the vulnerability countermeasure information have many domestic users and receive a lot of attention so that the number of access the relevant web site tend to increase.

Rating Scale

Note 1) CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

• Level I (Low)
  • CVSS Base Score = 0.0~3.9
• Level II (Medium)
  • CVSS Base Score = 4.0~6.9
• Level III (High)
  • CVSS Base Score = 7.0~10.0

Note 2) CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

• Low
  • CVSS Base Score =0.1~3.9
• Medium
  • CVSS Base Score =4.0~6.9
• High
  • CVSS Base Score =7.0~8.9
• Critical
  • CVSS Base Score =9.0~10.0

Table 3-1. Top 20 Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information in JVN iPedia [Jan. – Mar. 2019]

No.1　WordPress plugin "spam-byebye" vulnerable to cross-site scripting　JVNDB-2019-000001

• WordPress plugin "spam-byebye" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

No.2　GROWI vulnerable to cross-site scripting　JVNDB-2018-000137

• GROWI vulnerable to cross-site scripting

No.3　Clickjacking Vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director　JVNDB-2018-010851

• Clickjacking Vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director

No.4　HOUSE GATE App for iOS vulnerable to directory traversal　JVNDB-2019-000003

• HOUSE GATE App for iOS vulnerable to directory traversal

No.5　Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in OpenKM　　JVNDB-2014-007972

• Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in OpenKM (in Japanese only)

No.6　Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager　JVNDB-2019-001095

• Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager

No.7　WordPress plugin "Google XML Sitemaps" vulnerable to cross-site scripting　JVNDB-2018-000135

• WordPress plugin "Google XML Sitemaps" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

No.8　PgpoolAdmin fails to restrict access permissions　JVNDB-2018-000134

• PgpoolAdmin fails to restrict access permissions

No.9　Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor　JVNDB-2019-001094

• Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

No.10　Installer of Mapping Tool may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries　JVNDB-2018-000136

• Installer of Mapping Tool may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

No.11　cordova-plugin-ionic-webview vulnerable to path traversal　JVNDB-2018-000133

• cordova-plugin-ionic-webview vulnerable to path traversal

No.12　POWER EGG vulnerability where EL expression may be executed　JVNDB-2019-000006

• POWER EGG vulnerability where EL expression may be executed

No.13　Problem with directory permissions in JP1/Operations Analytics　JVNDB-2018-010027

• Problem with directory permissions in JP1/Operations Analytics

No.14　Multiple vulnerabilities in i-FILTER　JVNDB-2018-000129

• Multiple vulnerabilities in i-FILTER

No.15　Multiple vulnerabilities in Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation Home gateway　JVNDB-2018-000132

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation Home gateway

No.16　Lhaplus vulnerable to improper verification when expanding ZIP64 archives　JVNDB-2018-000001

• Lhaplus vulnerable to improper verification when expanding ZIP64 archives

No.17　azure-umqtt-c vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)　JVNDB-2019-000010

• azure-umqtt-c vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

No.18　UNLHA32.DLL, UNARJ32.DLL, LHMelting and LMLzh32.DLL may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries　JVNDB-2019-000004

• UNLHA32.DLL, UNARJ32.DLL, LHMelting and LMLzh32.DLL may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

No.19　Multiple vulnerabilities in RICOH Interactive Whiteboard　JVNDB-2018-000124

• Multiple vulnerabilities in RICOH Interactive Whiteboard

No.20　Multiple vulnerabilities in Aterm WF1200CR and Aterm WG1200CR　JVNDB-2018-000131

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Aterm WF1200CR and Aterm WG1200CR

Table 3-2 lists the top 5 most accessed vulnerability information among those reported by domestic product developers.

Table 3-2. Top 5 Most Accessed Vulnerabilities Reported by Domestic Product Developers [Jan. - Mar. 2019]

No.1　Clickjacking Vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director　JVNDB-2018-010851

• Clickjacking Vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director

No.2　Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager　JVNDB-2019-001095

• Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager

No.3　Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor　JVNDB-2019-001094

• Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

No.4　Problem with directory permissions in JP1/Operations Analytics　JVNDB-2018-010027

• Problem with directory permissions in JP1/Operations Analytics

No.5　Multiple Vulnerabilities in JP1/VERITAS　JVNDB-2018-009328

• Multiple Vulnerabilities in JP1/VERITAS

Footnotes

1. (*1)
   Japan Vulnerability Notes: A portal for vulnerability countermeasure information including information on vendor response to the reported vulnerabilities and security support. Operated in the collaboration of IPA and JPCERT/CC.

1. (*2)
   National Vulnerability Database: A vulnerability database operated by NIST.

1. (*3)
   National Institute of Standards and Technology: A U.S federal agency that develops and promotes measurement, standards and technology.

1. (*4)
   How to Secure Your Websites (latest version in Japanese only )

1. (*5)
   Secure Programing Guide (in Japanese only)

1. (*6)
   AppGoat (in Japanese only)

1. (*7)
   IPA Data Feeds (in Japanese only)

1. (*8)
   About Debian

1. (*9)
   IPA Technical Watch - Daily Practice Guide: Tips on Vulnerability Management The guide gives tips on how to efficiently and efficiently collect and leverage vulnerability information (in Japanese only)

1. (*10)
   'Qualcomm Firmware' contains various firmware of Qualcomm processors such as SD and MSM series.

Past Quarterly Reports

• Quarterly Reports of the JVN iPedia Registration Status