Information disclosure in Sametime - CVE-2016-2972

 

Information disclosure in Sametime - CVE-2016-2972

Published: August 28, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8026
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2972
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Sametime

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A local attacker can credentials of the Sametime Meetings user in the local cache of the browser.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-2972

Update to version 9.0.1 FP1.

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