CVE-2023-22878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 244373.

Published: 2023-05-19

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

InfoSphere Information Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`11.7`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-26988	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 244373.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00012.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244373
https://https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6988155

History

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Infosphere Information Server

Linux Linux Kernel

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-05-19T15:53:35.326Z

Updated: 2025-01-21T19:25:55.261Z

Reserved: 2023-01-09T15:16:49.251Z

Link: CVE-2023-22878

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:31.178Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-19T16:15:10.887

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:45:34.040

Link: CVE-2023-22878

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-312

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