Information disclosure in IBM Spectrum Protect

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU6863

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8939

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain passwords on the target system.

The weakness exists due to storing of password information in the Windows Registry. A local attacker can obtain important data.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

Mitigation

To eliminate exposure to this vulnerability, refer to the Technote:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22000998

Vulnerable software versions

Spectrum Protect Server: 6.3 - 8.1

External links

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003738

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.