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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2012-2165

Low
3.5/10

Summary

IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x before 7.1.2.7 and 8.x before 8.0.0.3, when ClearQuest Authentication is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to read password hashes via a user query.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published