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Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVE-2017-1764

Severity High
Score 7/10

Summary

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.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published