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Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database JVN iPedia Registration Status [2020 1st Quarter (Jan. - Mar.)]

June 17, 2020
IT Security Center

1. 2020 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 2020/1Q

~ JVN iPedia now stores 116,604 vulnerabilities ~

The summary of the vulnerability information registered to the Japanese version of JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter of 2020 (January 1 to March 31, 2020) is shown in the table below. As of the end of March 2020, the total number of vulnerabilities stored in JVN iPedia is 116,604 (Table 1-1, Figure 1-1).

As for the JVN iPedia English version, the total number of vulnerabilities stored is 2,132 as shown in the lower half of the Table 1-1.

Table 1-1. Vulnerabilities Registered to JVN iPedia during 1st Quarter of 2020

	Information Source	Registered Cases	Cumulative Cases
Japanese Version	Domestic Software Developers	5 cases	232 cases
	JVN	184 cases	9,061 cases
	NVD	4,331 cases	107,311 cases
	Total	4,520 cases	116,604 cases
English Version	Domestic Software Developers	4 cases	230 cases
	JVN	35 cases	1,902 cases
	Total	39 cases	2,132 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 2020, sorted by the CWE vulnerability types.

The type of the vulnerabilities reported most in the 1st quarter is CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) with 636 cases, followed by CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) with 310, CWE-200 (Information Exposure) with 305, CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) with 290, CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) with 195.

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 2020, 25.2 percent are “Level III” (7.0 - 10.0), 61.0 percent are “Level ll” (4.0 – 6.9) and 13.8 percent are “Level I” (0.0 – 3.9). This means 86.2 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 2020, 16.2 percent are “Critical” (9.0 – 10.0), 40.5 percent are “High” (7.0 – 8.9), 41.8 percent are “Medium” (4.0 – 6.9) and 1.5 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 74.4 percent (3,362 out of 4,519) of the 2020 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 2020, the total of 2,462 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 2020.

In this quarter, Microsoft Windows 10 is the 1st rank. From 2nd to 20th, other Windows OS products are also ranked. In addition, many other vulnerability information for OS products are ranked, such as Apple Mac OS X etc.

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 [Jan. – Mar. 2020]

Rank	Category	Product Name (Vendor)	Number of Vulnerabilities Registered
1	OS	Microsoft Windows 10 (Microsoft)	188
2	OS	Microsoft Windows Server (Microsoft)	182
3	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)	174
4	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)	165
5	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)	131
6	OS	Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)	127
7	OS	Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 (Microsoft)	125
8	Development Platform	GitLab (GitLab.org)	120
9	Knowledge Base Software	PHPKB (Chadha Software Technologies)	119
10	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)	105
11	OS	Microsoft Windows 7 (Microsoft)	103
12	OS	Android (Google)	81
13	Firmware	Qualcomm component (Qualcomm)	71
14	OS	iOS (Apple)	53
15	Browser	Google Chrome (Google)	50
16	OS	Apple Mac OS X (Apple)	48
17	OS	tvOS (Apple)	42
18	Browser	Mozilla Firefox (Mozilla Foundation)	41
19	PDF Viewer/Editor	Adobe Acrobat DC (Adobe Systems)	40
19	PDF Viewer	Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (Adobe Systems)	40

3. Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information

Table 3-1 lists the top 20 most accessed vulnerability countermeasure information in JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter of 2020 (January to March).

Junos OS, which ranked in the first and second, is an OS product used in enterprise routers, etc. The vulnerability types affecting this product are cross-site scripting and directory traversal, which, if exploited, could cause particular scripts to be executed on the web screen operated by the router administrator, or files on the server to be viewed or deleted. Users are required to check the affected version and, if necessary, update to the latest version or perform a workaround to prevent damage from attacks.

Table 3-1. Top 20 Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information in JVN iPedia [Jan. – Mar. 2020]

No	ID	Title	CVSSv2 Base Score	CVSSv3 Base Score	Date Public	Access Count
1	JVNDB-2020-000003	Junos OS vulnerable to cross-site scripting	2.6	6.1	2020/1/10	7,342
2	JVNDB-2020-000002	Junos OS vulnerable to directory traversal	5.5	5.4	2020/1/10	7,326
3	JVNDB-2020-000001	F-RevoCRM vulnerable to cross-site scripting	2.6	6.1	2020/1/8	7,250
4	JVNDB-2020-000005	Trend Micro Password Manager vulnerable to information disclosure	1.7	3.3	2020/1/17	6,569
5	JVNDB-2019-000074	Athenz vulnerable to open redirect	4.3	4.7	2019/12/12	6,089
6	JVNDB-2019-013271	Multiple Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Automation Director	-	-	2019/12/24	5,975
7	JVNDB-2019-000077	Android App "NTV News24" fails to verify SSL server certificates	4.0	4.8	2019/12/19	5,882
8	JVNDB-2020-000006	Multiple Fuji Xerox mobile applications fails to verify SSL server certificates	4.0	4.8	2020/1/21	5,869
9	JVNDB-2019-000078	Multiple vulnerabilities in a-blog cms	4.3	6.1	2019/12/20	5,868
10	JVNDB-2019-013273	DoS Vulnerability in Hitachi Compute Systems Manager	-	-	2019/12/24	5,732
11	JVNDB-2019-000058	Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple Ricoh printers and Multifunction Printers (MFPs)	7.5	9.8	2019/9/13	5,429
12	JVNDB-2019-013272	Multiple Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor	-	-	2019/12/24	5,407
13	JVNDB-2019-000076	Multiple vulnerabilities in Cybozu Office	4.0	7.7	2019/12/17	5,294
14	JVNDB-2019-011088	Trend Micro OfficeScan vulnerable to directory traversal	5.2	8.2	2019/10/29	5,271
15	JVNDB-2019-014437	Privilege escalation vulnerability in multiple RICOH printer drivers	4.5	7.8	2020/2/17	5,183
16	JVNDB-2020-000016	Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities in Aterm WF1200C, Aterm WG1200CR, and Aterm WG2600HS	8.3	8.8	2020/2/19	5,022
17	JVNDB-2019-000075	Multiple vulnerabilities in "Custom Body Class"	2.6	6.1	2019/12/12	4,914
18	JVNDB-2019-000024	CREATE SD official App for Android fails to restrict access permissions	2.6	3.3	2019/5/10	4,843
19	JVNDB-2019-009884	FON routers may behave as an open resolver	5.0	5.8	2019/10/2	4,839
20	JVNDB-2020-000013	Multiple Trend Micro products vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)	2.1	6.2	2020/2/14	4,835

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 [Jan. - Mar. 2020]

No	ID	Title	CVSSv2 Base Score	CVSSv3 Base Score	Date Public	Access Count
1	JVNDB-2019-013271	Multiple Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Automation Director	-	-	2019/12/24	5,975
2	JVNDB-2019-013273	DoS Vulnerability in Hitachi Compute Systems Manager	-	-	2019/12/24	5,732
3	JVNDB-2019-013272	Multiple Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor	-	-	2019/12/24	5,407
4	JVNDB-2019-011486	Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite	-	-	2019/11/11	4,226
5	JVNDB-2018-010027	Problem with directory permissions in JP1/Operations Analytics	3.5	4.9	2018/12/4	4,203

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 2018 or before

Published in 2019

Published in 2020

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