Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database JVN iPedia Registration Status [2018 3rd Quarter (Jul. - Sep.)]

1. 2018 3rd 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 2018/3Q

~ JVN iPedia now stores 89,114 vulnerabilities ~

The summary of the vulnerability information registered to the Japanese version of JVN iPedia during the 3rd quarter of 2018 (July 1 to September 30, 2018) is shown in the table below. As of the end of September 2018, the total number of vulnerabilities stored in JVN iPedia is 89,114 (Table 1-1, Figure 1-1).

As for the English version, the total of 1,955 vulnerabilities are available as shown in the lower half of the table.

Table 1-1. Registered Vulnerabilities in 3rd Quarter of 2018

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 3rd quarter of 2018, sorted by the CWE vulnerability types.  
The type of the vulnerabilities reported most in the 3rd quarter is CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound) with 340 cases, followed by CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) with 286, CWE-119 (Buffer Error) with 282, CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) with 281, CWE-200 (Information Exposure) with 258.

If exploited to cause buffer overflow, CWE-190, the most reported vulnerability type this quarter, could allow attackers to change data on memory supposed to be inaccessible, which may result in undesired consequences, such as crash of a program or arbitrary code execution.

Software developers need to make sure to implement necessary security controls from the planning and design phase of software development to mitigate vulnerability. 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 2018, 27.1 percent are "level III" (7.0 - 10.0), 62.7 percent are "level ll" (4.0 – 6.9) and 10.2 percent are "level I" (0.0 – 3.9). This means 89.8 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 2018, 16.7 percent are "Critical" (9.0 – 10.0), 47.0 percent are "High" (7.0 – 8.9), 35.1 percent are "Medium" (4.0 – 6.9) and 1.2 percent are "Low" (0.1 – 3.9).

To mitigate threats imposed by the known vulnerabilities, IT users should pay close attention to vulnerability information 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 78.0 percent (8,353 out of 10,704) of the 2018 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 September 2018, the total of 1,539 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 3rd quarter (July to September) of 2018.  
In this quarter, ranked 1st is Mozilla Firefox by Mozilla Foundation. Its Mozilla Thunderbirds and Mozilla Firefox ESR are also ranked 8th and 10th, respectively. Below the 2nd are mostly occupied by OS products, starting with Debian GNU/Linux, and those of Red Hat and Microsoft.

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 (*8).

Table 2-1. Top 20 Software Products Vulnerabilities Were Most Registered [Jul. – Sep. 2018]

3. Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information

Table 3-1 lists the top 20 most accessed vulnerability information in JVN iPedia during the 3rd quarter of 2018 (July – September).  
In this quarter, all top 20 vulnerabilities are those disclosed on the JVN (Japan Vulnerability Notes). Vulnerabilities released on JVN includes those disclosed in accordance with the Information Security Early Warning Partnership (*9). Those vulnerabilities received a lot of attention and picked up by news media and blogs, which probably made the access number up.

Table 3-1. Top 20 Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information in JVN iPedia [Jul. – Sep. 2018]

No.1　The installers of multiple Logicool software programs may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries JVNDB-2018-000072

• The installers of multiple Logicool software programs may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

No.2　Cybozu Garoon vulnerable to SQL injection JVNDB-2018-000069

• Cybozu Garoon vulnerable to SQL injection

No.3　Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities in Aterm WG1200HP JVNDB-2018-000075

• Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities in Aterm WG1200HP

No.4　DHC Online Shop App for Android fails to verify SSL server certificates JVNDB-2018-000071

• DHC Online Shop App for Android fails to verify SSL server certificates

No5.　Multiple vulnerabilities in Calsos CSDX and CSDJ series products JVNDB-2018-000068

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Calsos CSDX and CSDJ series products

No.6 Installer of Glary Utilities may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries JVNDB-2018-000070

• Installer of Glary Utilities may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

No.7 Explzh vulnerable to directory traversal JVNDB-2018-000079

• Explzh vulnerable to directory traversal

No.8 Multiple vulnerabilities in Aterm HC100RC JVNDB-2018-000077

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Aterm HC100RC

No.9 Multiple vulnerabilities in Aterm W300P JVNDB-2018-000076

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Aterm W300P

No.10 Movable Type plugin MTAppjQuery vulnerable to PHP code execution JVNDB-2018-000080

• Movable Type plugin MTAppjQuery vulnerable to PHP code execution

No.11　Multiple vulnerabilities in ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage) JVNDB-2018-000081

• Multiple vulnerabilities in ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage)

No.12　Mailman vulnerable to cross-site scripting JVNDB-2018-000067

• Mailman vulnerable to cross-site scripting

No.13 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AttacheCase JVNDB-2018-000090

• Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AttacheCase

No.14　WordPress plugin "FV Flowplayer Video Player" vulnerable to cross-site scripting JVNDB-2018-000078

• WordPress plugin "FV Flowplayer Video Player" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

No.15　The installers of multiple Canon IT Solutions Inc. software programs may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries JVNDB-2018-000083

• The installers of multiple Canon IT Solutions Inc. software programs may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

No.16 MemoCGI vulnerable to directory traversal JVNDB-2018-000066

• MemoCGI vulnerable to directory traversal

No.17 EC-CUBE vulnerable to session fixation JVNDB-2018-000035

• EC-CUBE vulnerable to session fixation

No.18 DLL planting vulnerability in multiple Yayoi 17 Series products JVNDB-2018-000074

• DLL planting vulnerability in multiple Yayoi 17 Series products

No.19 LINE MUSIC for Android fails to verify SSL server certificates JVNDB-2018-000084

• LINE MUSIC for Android fails to verify SSL server certificates

No.20 WL-330NUL vulnerable to cross-site request forgery JVNDB-2018-000082

• WL-330NUL vulnerable to cross-site request forgery

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

Table 3-2. Top 5 Most Accessed Vulnerabilities Reported by Domestic Software Developers [Jul. - Sep. 2018]

No.1 Access Control Vulnerability in Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor JVNDB-2018-003030

• Access Control Vulnerability in Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

No.2 Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Fujitsu Interstage List Works JVNDB-2017-004687

• Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Fujitsu Interstage List Works

No.3 XXE Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager JVNDB-2018-001389

• XXE Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager

No.4 DoS Vulnerability in JP1/ServerConductor/Deployment Manager and Hitachi Compute Systems Manager JVNDB-2018-002257

• DoS Vulnerability in JP1/ServerConductor/Deployment Manager and Hitachi Compute Systems Manager

No.5 Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Fujitsu NetCOBOL JVNDB-2017-010236

• Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Fujitsu NetCOBOL

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 Programming Guide (in Japanese only)

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

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

1. (*8)
   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. (*9)
   Information Security Early Warning Partnership (in Japanese only)

1. Information Security Early Warning Partnership Overview(PDF:304 KB)

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