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Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database JVN iPedia Registration Status [2019 3rd Quarter (Jul. - Sep.)]

November 20, 2019
IT Security Center

1. 2019 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 2019/3Q

~ JVN iPedia now stores 107,650 vulnerabilities ~

The summary of the vulnerability information registered to the Japanese version of JVN iPedia during the 3rd quarter of 2019 (July 1 to September 30, 2019) is shown in the table below. As of the end of September 2019, the total number of vulnerabilities stored in JVN iPedia is 107,650 (Table 1-1, Figure 1-1).

As for the JVN iPedia English version, the total number of vulnerabilities stored is 2,066 as shown in the lower half of the Table 1-1.

Table 1-1. Vulnerabilities Registered to JVN iPedia during 3rd Quarter of 2019

	Information Source	Registered Cases	Cumulative Cases
Japanese Version	Domestic Product Developers	1 cases	219 cases
	JVN	74 cases	8,746 cases
	NVD	4,924 cases	98,685 cases
	Total	4,999 cases	107,650 cases
English Version	Domestic Product Developers	1 cases	218 cases
	JVN	17 cases	1,848 cases
	Total	18 cases	2,066 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 3rd quarter of 2019, sorted by the CWE vulnerability types.

The type of the vulnerabilities reported most in the 3rd quarter is CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) with 847 cases, followed by CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) with 503, CWE-119 (Improper Re-striction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (Buffer Errors)) with 409, CWE-200 (Information Exposure) with 354, and CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) with 299.

CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting), 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, 26.3 percent are “Level III”(7.0 - 10.0), 62.8 percent are “Level ll” (4.0 – 6.9) and 10.9 percent are “Level I” (0.0 – 3.9). This means 89.1 percent of all vulnerabilities registered are Level II or higher, which are potentially critical enough to cause damage like information exposure or data falsification.

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, 16.2 percent are “Critical” (9.0 – 10.0), 42.0 percent are “High” (7.0 – 8.9), 40.5 percent are “Medium” (4.0 – 6.9) and 1.3 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 76.4 percent (11,444 out of 14,976) 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 September 2019, the total of 2,177 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 2019.

In this quarter, server management software ‘cPanel’ is the 1st rank. This doesn't mean that a lot of vulnerabilities of cPanel were found in the 3rd quarter because 286 out of 315 vulnerabilities were already made public in or before 2018. It is thought that those were registered together in NVD which is the information source of JVN iPedia for some reason (e.g., CVE IDs were requested in the 3rd Quarter). From 2nd to 12th, OS products are ranked and most of which are Microsoft Windows products.

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. 2019]

Rank	Category	Product Name (Vendor)	Number of Vulnerabilities Registered
1	Server Management Software	cPanel (cPanel)	315
2	OS	Microsoft Windows Server (Microsoft)	146
3	OS	Microsoft Windows 10 (Microsoft)	145
4	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)	128
5	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)	110
6	OS	Linux Kernel (Kernel.org)	93
7	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)	92
7	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)	92
9	OS	Microsoft Windows 7 (Microsoft)	91
10	OS	Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)	90
11	OS	Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 (Microsoft)	84
12	OS	Android (Google)	76
13	PDF Viewer/Editor	Adobe Acrobat DC (Adobe Systems)	75
13	PDF Viewer	Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (Adobe Systems)	75
15	Browser	Google Chrome (Google)	74
16	CMS	Magento (Magento, Inc.)	71
17	Software Development Platform	GitLab (GitLab.org)	69
18	OS	Debian GNU/Linux (Debian)	45
19	Middleware	MySQL (Oracle)	43
20	Browser	Mozilla Firefox (Mozilla Foundation)	42

3. Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information

Table 3-1 lists the top 20 most accessed vulnerability countermeasure information in JVN iPedia during the 3rd quarter of 2019 (July to September).

All the vulnerability countermeasure information ranked top 20 in this quarter are vulnerability countermeasure information released on the Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Portal Site JVN.

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

No	ID	Title	CVSSv2 Base Score	CVSSv3 Base Score	Date Public	Access Count
1	JVNDB-2019-000043	Multiple vulnerabilities in Hikari Denwa router/Home GateWay	4.3	6.1	2019/6/27	8,313
2	JVNDB-2019-000045	Multiple vulnerabilities in Access analysis CGI An-Analyzer	6.5	6.3	2019/7/5	7,390
3	JVNDB-2019-000044	The management console of iDoors Reader vulnerable to authentication bypass	5.8	8.8	2019/7/1	6,815
4	JVNDB-2018-000122	Multiple vulnerabilities in Panasonic BN-SDWBP3	5.8	8.8	2018/11/20	6,485
5	JVNDB-2019-000046	Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)	3.3	4.3	2019/7/10	6,417
6	JVNDB-2019-000049	WordPress Plugin "Category Specific RSS feed Subscription" vulnerable to cross-site request forgery	2.6	4.3	2019/7/18	6,327
7	JVNDB-2019-000048	WordPress Plugin "WordPress Ultra Simple Paypal Shopping Cart" vulnerable to cross-site request forgery	2.6	4.3	2019/7/16	6,039
8	JVNDB-2019-000050	Central Dogma vulnerable to cross-site scripting	4.3	6.1	2019/7/31	5,857
9	JVNDB-2018-000104	Multiple vulnerabilities in FileZen	10.0	10.0	2018/10/15	5,735
10	JVNDB-2019-007404	WonderCMS vulnerable to directory traversal	5.5	6.4	2019/8/9	5,718
11	JVNDB-2018-000105	Metabase vulnerable to cross-site scripting	4.3	6.1	2018/10/11	5,688
12	JVNDB-2019-000001	WordPress plugin "spam-byebye" vulnerable to cross-site scripting	2.6	6.1	2019/1/10	5,603
13	JVNDB-2018-000073	Installer of ChatWork Desktop App for Windows may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries	6.8	7.8	2018/7/23	5,589
14	JVNDB-2018-000079	Explzh vulnerable to directory traversal	4.3	3.3	2018/7/13	5,568
15	JVNDB-2019-000007	OpenAM (Open Source Edition) vulnerable to open redirect	2.6	3.4	2019/2/6	5,562
16	JVNDB-2018-000081	Multiple vulnerabilities in ORCA(Online Receipt Computer Advantage)	5.2	5.5	2018/7/18	5,560
17	JVNDB-2018-000099	Cybozu Garoon vulnerable to directory traversal	5.5	6.4	2018/9/10	5,525
18	JVNDB-2018-000080	Movable Type plugin MTAppjQuery vulnerable to PHP code execution	7.5	7.3	2018/7/18	5,523
19	JVNDB-2018-000132	Multiple vulnerabilities in Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation Home gateway	8.3	8.8	2018/12/19	5,504
20	JVNDB-2018-000078	WordPress plugin "FV Flowplayer Video Player" vulnerable to cross-site scripting	2.6	6.1	2018/7/17	5,494

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 [Jul. - Sep. 2019]

No	ID	Title	CVSSv2 Base Score	CVSSv3 Base Score	Date Public	Access Count
1	JVNDB-2018-010027	Problem with directory permissions in JP1/Operations Analytics	3.5	4.9	2018/12/4	4,191
2	JVNDB-2019-004441	Vulnerability in Cosminexus HTTP Server and Hitachi Web Server	-	-	2019/6/3	4,177
3	JVNDB-2019-002892	Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cosminexus	-	-	2019/4/25	4,156
4	JVNDB-2018-009328	Multiple Vulnerabilities in JP1/VERITAS	10.0	9.8	2018/11/15	4,084
5	JVNDB-2019-003539	DoS Vulnerability in Hitachi IT Operations Director, JP1/IT Desktop Management - Manager and JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager	-	-	2019/5/20	4,065

Note 1) Color Code for CVSSv2 Severity Rating Scale

CVSS Base Score = 0.0～3.9 Severity = Level I (Low)

CVSS Base Score = 4.0～6.9 Severity = Level II (Medium)

CVSS Base Score = 7.0～10.0 Severity = Level III (High)

Note 2) Color Code for CVSSv3 Severity Rating Scale

CVSS Base Score = 0.1～3.9 Severity = Low

CVSS Base Score = 4.0～6.9 Severity = Medium

CVSS Base Score = 7.0～8.9 Severity = High

CVSS Base Score = 9.0～10.0 Severity = Critical

Note 3) Color Code for Published Date

Published in 2017 or before

Published in 2018

Published in 2019

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