CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1764

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Apr 23, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.1.1, and 10.2.2, under specialized circumstances, could expose plain text credentials to a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 136149.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cognos_business_intelligence Ibm 10.2.1 10.2.1
Cognos_business_intelligence Ibm 10.2 10.2
Cognos_business_intelligence Ibm 10.2.1.1 10.2.1.1
Cognos_business_intelligence Ibm 10.2.2 10.2.2

Potential Mitigations

References