Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect Server - CVE-2018-1788
Published: November 6, 2018 / Updated: November 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15780
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1788
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Spectrum Protect Server
Spectrum Protect Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local high-privileged attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure when tracing is enabled. A local attacker can view some passwords that are displayed in the IBM Spectrum Protect server trace file.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1788
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 7.1.8.100, 8.1.6.