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CVE-2019-4742: IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the vi...

IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 172877.

MediumCVSS 6.1Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0 has a clickjacking issue. An attacker could lure a user to a malicious website and trick them into clicking something that affects the IBM application. This requires user interaction and is not direct system compromise, but it can support follow-on abuse against sensitive financial transaction workflows.

Executive priority

Treat as a medium-priority remediation unless FTM 3.0 supports high-value transaction approval workflows. The main business concern is tricked user action, not unauthenticated direct compromise.

Technical view

CVE-2019-4742 affects IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0. The CVSS 3.0 score is 6.1 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact. The source bundle identifies IBM X-Force ID 172877.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to organizations running IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0, especially users accessing its web interface through browsers. The bundle does not identify other affected versions or products.

Exploitation context

The CVE describes social engineering through a malicious website to hijack victim clicks. The bundle marks KEV as false and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation or public exploit availability.

Researcher notes

The source data is sparse: it names clickjacking behavior, affected product/version, IBM X-Force ID, and CVSS details. It does not provide CWE mapping, detailed vulnerable endpoints, exploitation telemetry, or explicit remediation text in the supplied bundle.

Mitigation direction

  • Identify whether IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0 is deployed.
  • Review IBM advisory node 1135173 for supported remediation guidance.
  • Apply only IBM-supported fixes or configuration changes for this product.
  • Limit browser access to FTM interfaces to trusted networks and users.
  • Prioritize remediation for users with financial transaction approval privileges.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm deployed IBM FTM versions against the affected 3.0 entry.
  • Check whether IBM advisory remediation has been applied.
  • Review browser-accessible FTM interfaces for clickjacking exposure indicators.
  • Verify compensating access controls around sensitive transaction workflows.
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Confidence
medium
Sources
4

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.1 (3.0)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.0/I:L/PR:N/AV:N/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
3Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.1CVSS 3.0MediumCVSS:3.0/I:L/PR:N/AV:N/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O2.82.7Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

6.1Medium
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2019-4742Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.0/I:L/PR:N/AV:N/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
IBMFinancial Transaction Manager3.0Listed
Weakness

CWE details

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