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

Release Date:May 19, 2019

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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

 
Information Source
Registered Cases
Cumulative Cases
Japanese Version
Domestic Product Developers
3 cases
213 cases
JVN
76 cases
8,437 cases
NVD
4,691 cases
88,884 cases
Total
4,770 cases
97,444 cases
English Version
Domestic Product Developers
3 cases
213 cases
JVN
18 cases
1,805 cases
Total
21 cases
2,018 cases

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]

Rank
Category
Product Name (Vendor)
Number of
Vulnerabilities
Registered
1
OS
Debian GNU/Linux (Debian)
401
2
OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (Red Hat)
246
3
OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (Red Hat)
237
4
OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (Red Hat)
236
5
Browser
Google Chrome (Google)
203
6
OS
Ubuntu (Canonical)
186
7
OS
Android (Google)
167
8
Firmware
Qualcomm firmware (Qualcomm) (*10)
113
9
PDF Viewer
Foxit Reader (Foxit Software Inc)
108
10
PDF Viewer/Editor
Foxit PhantomPDF (Foxit Software Inc)
94
11
PDF Viewer/Editor
Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Systems)
92
11
PDF Viewer
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (Adobe Systems)
92
11
PDF Viewer/Editor
Adobe Acrobat DC (Adobe Systems)
92
14
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 (Microsoft)
44
14
OS
Microsoft Windows Server (Microsoft)
44
16
Video Surveillance Software
ZoneMinder (ZoneMinder)
41
17
OS
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)
39
18
OS
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)
38
19
Browser
Mozilla Firefox (Mozilla Foundation)
36
20
OS
Linux Kernel (Kernel.org)
33

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level I (Low)
CVSSv2 Base Score

2.6

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale
  • Medium
CVSSv3 Base Score

6.1

Date Public

2019/1/10

Access Count

6,672

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level II (Medium)
CVSSv2 Base Score

4.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

5.4

Date Public

2018/12/26

Access Count

6,548

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

4.3

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

4.3

Date Public

2018/12/26

Access Count

6,379

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

4.3

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

4.7

Date Public

2019/1/24

Access Count

6,354

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level I (Low)

CVSSv2 Base Score

3.5

CVSSv3 Base Score

-

Date Public

2015/3/13

Access Count

5,978

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level II (Medium)
CVSSv2 Base Score

4.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale
  • Medium
CVSSv3 Base Score

4.7

Date Public

2019/1/22

Access Count

5,717

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level II (Medium)
CVSSv2 Base Score

4.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

4.8

Date Public

2018/12/25

Access Count

5,495

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level III (High)

CVSSv2 Base Score

7.5

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Critical

CVSSv3 Base Score

9.8

Date Public

2018/12/21

Access Count

5,448

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

5.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

5.3

Date Public

2019/1/22

Access Count

5,420

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

6.8

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

High

CVSSv3 Base Score

7.8

Date Public

2018/12/25

Access Count

5,237

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level II (Medium)
CVSSv2 Base Score

4.3

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale
  • Medium
CVSSv3 Base Score

4.7

Date Public

2018/12/21

Access Count

5,199

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level III (High)
CVSSv2 Base Score

7.5

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

High

CVSSv3 Base Score

7.3

Date Public

2019/2/5

Access Count

5,041

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level I (Low)

CVSSv2 Base Score

3.5

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

4.9

CVSSv3 Base Score

Medium

Date Public

2018/12/4

Access Count

5,009

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

4.3

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

6.1

Date Public

2018/12/7

Access Count

4,992

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level III (High)

CVSSv2 Base Score

8.3

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

High

CVSSv3 Base Score

8.8

Date Public

2018/12/19

Access Count

4,890

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level II (Medium)
CVSSv2 Base Score

4.3

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale
  • Low
CVSSv3 Base Score

3.3

Date Public

2018/1/11

Access Count

4,801

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale
  • Level II (Medium)
CVSSv2 Base Score

5.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

High

CVSSv3 Base Score

7.5

Date Public

2019/2/20

Access Count

4,759

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

6.8

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

High

CVSSv3 Base Score

7.8

Date Public

2019/1/31

Access Count

4,699

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level III (High)

CVSSv2 Base Score

10.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Critical

CVSSv3 Base Score

9.8

Date Public

2018/11/27

Access Count

4,666

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

5.8

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

High

CVSSv3 Base Score

8.8

Date Public

2018/12/14

Access Count

4,662

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score
  • 4.3
CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score
  • 4.3
Date Public

2018/12/26

Access Count

6,379

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score
  • 4.0
CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

4.7

Date Public

2019/1/22

Access Count

5,717

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level II (Medium)

CVSSv2 Base Score

5.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

5.3

Date Public

2019/1/22

Access Count

5,420

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level I (Low)

CVSSv2 Base Score

3.5

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Medium

CVSSv3 Base Score

4.9

Date Public

2018/12/4

Access Count

5,009

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

CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

Level III (High)

CVSSv2 Base Score

10.0

CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

Critical

CVSSv3 Base Score

9.8

Date Public

2018/11/15

Access Count

4,521

Footnotes

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    'Qualcomm Firmware' contains various firmware of Qualcomm processors such as SD and MSM series.

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