Threats / IBM / CVE-2019-4716
CVE-2019-4716
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
IBM Planning Analytics vulnerability
IBM Planning Analytics allows unauthenticated users to overwrite configuration, gain admin access, and execute arbitrary code with system privileges via TM1 scripting.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit a configuration overwrite flaw to assume admin credentials, then leverage code injection to achieve remote code execution with root or SYSTEM privileges, enabling full system compromise.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
1 independent public report of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.86441 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: IBM, Planning Analytics. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-94 Code Injection — weakness family: Injection.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify and access the configuration mechanism without authentication.
Business
Security perimeter is bypassed; no credential validation protects critical system settings.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I overwrite the configuration to establish admin-level credentials.
Business
Administrative access is compromised; legitimate governance and access controls are defeated.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I authenticate as admin and inject malicious TM1 scripts to execute arbitrary code.
Business
Operational systems run attacker-controlled code at the highest privilege level, enabling data theft, manipulation, or destruction.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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