CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1621

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Jul 06, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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 WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to obtain clear text password in a trace file caused by improper handling of some datasource custom properties. IBM X-Force ID: 144346.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Websphere_application_server Ibm 7.0.0.0 (including) 7.0.0.0 (including)
Websphere_application_server Ibm 8.0.0.0 (including) 8.0.0.0 (including)
Websphere_application_server Ibm 8.5.0.0 (including) 8.5.0.0 (including)
Websphere_application_server Ibm 9.0.0.0 (including) 9.0.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References