#VU10250 Information disclosure in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2017-1779

 

#VU10250 Information disclosure in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2017-1779

Published: January 25, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10250
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1779
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM Cognos Analytics
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

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

The weakness exists due to insufficient access and privileges controls. A local attacker can gain access to locally cached credentials.

Remediation

The vulnerability is fixed in the following versions: 11.0.8.0 GA, 11.0.7.0 and 11.0.6.0 Interim Fixes.

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