CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1779

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Jan 29, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 could store cached credentials locally that could be obtained by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 136824.

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_analytics Ibm 11.0.0 (including) 11.0.0 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.1 (including) 11.0.1 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.2 (including) 11.0.2 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.3 (including) 11.0.3 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.4 (including) 11.0.4 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.5.0 (including) 11.0.5.0 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.6.0 (including) 11.0.6.0 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.0.7.0 (including) 11.0.7.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References