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Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database JVN iPedia Registration Status [2022 1st Quarter (Jan. - Mar.)]

May 25, 2022
IT Security Center

1. 2022 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 2022/1Q

~ JVN iPedia now stores 141,482 vulnerabilities ~

The summary of the vulnerability information registered to the Japanese version of JVN iPedia during the 1st quarter of 2022 (January 1 to March 31, 2022) is shown in the table below. As of the end of March 2022, the total number of vulnerabilities stored in JVN iPedia is 141,482 (Table 1-1, Figure 1-1).

As for the JVN iPedia English version, the total number of vulnerabilities stored is 2,414 as shown in the lower half of the Table 1-1.

Table 1-1. Vulnerabilities Registered to JVN iPedia during 1st Quarter of 2022

	Information Source	Registered Cases	Cumulative Cases
Japanese Version	Domestic Product Developers	3 cases	264 cases
	JVN	289 cases	11,135 cases
	NVD	3,488 cases	130,083 cases
	Total	3,780 cases	141,482 cases
English Version	Domestic Product Developers	3 cases	259 cases
	JVN	36 cases	2,155 cases
	Total	39 cases	2,414 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 2022, sorted by the CWE vulnerability types.

The type of the vulnerabilities reported most in the 1st quarter is CWE-79 (Cross-site Scripting) with 443 cases, followed by CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) with 271, CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) with 161, CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) with 130, CWE-416 (Use After Free) with 118. 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 "Vulnerability Countermeasure Guide for Software Developers"" (*4), "How to Secure Your Website" (*5), "Secure Programming Guide" (*6) and "AppGoat" (*7), 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 2022, 19.1 percent are “Level III” (7.0 - 10.0), 63.8 percent are “Level ll” (4.0 – 6.9) and 17.1 percent are “Level I” (0.0 – 3.9). This means 82.9 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 2022, 11.5 percent are “Critical” (9.0 – 10.0), 42.3 percent are “High” (7.0 – 8.9), 43.1 percent are “Medium” (4.0 – 6.9) and 3.2 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 (*8) 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 76.6 percent (2,897 out of 3,780) of the 2022 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 2022, the total of 3,421 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 2022.

In this quarter, the most registered products were Qualcomm products which continued from previous quarter, with 530 cases. This is due to the registration of vulnerability information for multiple Qualcomm products which published in 2021. In addition, OS products, such as Fedora and Microsoft Windows Products, account for 14 of the top 20.

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 most registered software products vulnerability countermeasure information in JVN iPedia [Jan. – Mar. 2022]

Rank	Category	Product Name (Vendor)	Number of Vulnerabilities Registered
1	Firmware	Qualcomm component (Qualcomm)	530
2	OS	Fedora (Fedora Project)	192
3	OS	Debian GNU/Linux (Debian)	156
4	OS	Microsoft Windows 10 (Microsoft)	136
5	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)	130
5	OS	Microsoft Windows Server (Microsoft)	130
7	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (Microsoft)	127
8	OS	Android (Google)	120
9	OS	Microsoft Windows 11 (Microsoft)	112
10	Others	Google TensorFlow (Google)	109
11	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)	106
12	Others	OnCommand Insight (NetApp)	99
13	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)	90
14	OS	Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)	88
15	OS	Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 (Microsoft)	83
16	Middleware	MySQL (Oracle)	76
17	Others	OnCommand Workflow Automation (NetApp)	73
18	OS	Microsoft Windows 7 (Microsoft)	62
19	OS	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)	61
20	Browser	Google Chrome (Google)	57

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 2022 (January to March).

In this quarter, vulnerability countermeasure information of Apache Log4j which was published in December 2021 and attracted so much attention, continued to receive many accesses into 2022, ranking second as it did in the previous quarter.

Vulnerability countermeasure information of Samba in the first ranking, and Vulnerability countermeasure information of WordPress in the third through seventh ranking were due to a lot of access which was considered mechanical from specific organizations.

Table 3-1. Top 20 Most Accessed Vulnerability Countermeasure Information in JVN iPedia [Jan. – Mar. 2022]

No	ID	Title	CVSSv2 Base Score	CVSSv3 Base Score	Date Public	Access Count
1	JVNDB-2021-006687	Samba vulnerable to out-of-bounds read (in Japanese only)	4.9	6.8	2022/1/17	23,825
2	JVNDB-2021-005429	Apache Log4j vulnerable to remote code execution (in Japanese only)	9.3	10.0	2021/12/14	15,366
3	JVNDB-2020-006788	WordPress vulnerable to cross-site scripting (in Japanese only)	3.5	2.4	2020/7/17	10,057
4	JVNDB-2020-006830	WordPress vulnerable to cross-site scripting (in Japanese only)	3.5	5.4	2020/7/20	9,237
5	JVNDB-2020-006831	WordPress vulnerable to cross-site scripting (in Japanese only)	3.5	6.8	2020/7/20	8,372
6	JVNDB-2020-006832	WordPress vulnerable to URL redirection to untrusted site ('Open Redirect') (in Japanese only)	4.9	5.7	2020/7/20	7,916
7	JVNDB-2020-006893	WordPress vulnerable to authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel (in Japanese only)	6.0	3.1	2020/7/22	7,473
8	JVNDB-2021-008164	EDK II vulnerable to out-of-bounds write (in Japanese only)	4.6	6.7	2022/3/4	7,068
9	JVNDB-2021-000022	Multiple vulnerabilities in Cybozu Office	4.0	4.3	2021/3/15	6,497
10	JVNDB-2021-006117	Multiple vulnerabilities in IDEC PLCs	-	7.6	2021/12/27	6,410
11	JVNDB-2021-000109	Multiple missing authorization vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin "Advanced Custom Fields"	4.0	4.3	2021/12/2	5,903
12	JVNDB-2022-000004	Label printers "TEPRA" PRO SR5900P / SR-R7900P vulnerable to insufficiently protected credentials	3.3	4.3	2022/1/13	5,770
13	JVNDB-2021-006146	Multiple vulnerabilities in KONICA MINOLTA MFPs and printing systems	-	6.4	2021/12/28	5,756
14	JVNDB-2022-000003	Jimoty App for Android uses a hard-coded API key for an external service	2.1	4.0	2022/1/12	5,623
15	JVNDB-2022-000005	PASSWORD MANAGER "MIRUPASS" PW10 / PW20 missing encryption	4.9	4.6	2022/1/13	5,538
16	JVNDB-2022-000002	Multiple vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin "Quiz And Survey Master"	4.0	5.4	2022/1/12	5,524
17	JVNDB-2016-008013	Multiple ESET products for macOS vulnerable to improper server certificate verification	4.0	4.8	2017/4/10	5,292
18	JVNDB-2022-000011	HPE Agentless Management registers unquoted service paths	6.8	8.2	2022/2/9	5,132
19	JVNDB-2022-000006	Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in php_mailform	4.3	6.1	2022/1/20	5,100
20	JVNDB-2021-004912	Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple ELECOM routers	-	8.8	2021/12/2	5,072

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. 2022]

No	ID	Title	CVSSv2 Base Score	CVSSv3 Base Score	Date Public	Access Count
1	JVNDB-2022-001299	Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in JP1/IT Desktop Management 2	-	-	2022/2/8	4,320
2	JVNDB-2021-004432	Multiple Vulnerabilities in JP1/Automatic Operation	-	-	2021/11/22	4,077
3	JVNDB-2021-003840	Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor and Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer	-	-	2021/11/8	3,922
4	JVNDB-2021-003660	Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager	-	-	2021/11/1	3,917
5	JVNDB-2021-002810	Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor and Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer	-	-	2021/10/5	3,871

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 2020 or before

Published in 2021

Published in 2022

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