Information disclosure in IBM Storage Protect Client, IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments, and IBM Storage Protect for Space Management

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU84590

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40368

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A local privileged user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information from the administrative command line client.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Protect for Space Management: before 8.1.20.0

Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V: before 8.1.20.0

Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware: before 8.1.20.0

Storage Protect Client: before 8.1.20.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:storage_protect_for_space_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:storage_protect_for_virtual_environments_data_protection_for_hyper-v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:storage_protect_for_virtual_environments_data_protection_for_vmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:storage_protect_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7034288

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.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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