CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1876

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Nov 02, 2018 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 11 could under certain cases, display the password in a Control Room log file after installation. IBM X-Force ID: 151707.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Robotic_process_automation_with_automation_anywhere Ibm 11.0 (including) 11.0 (including)

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References