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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2014-4750

Low
2.9/10

Summary

IBM PowerVC Express Edition 1.2.0 before FixPack3 establishes an FTP session for transferring files to a managed IVM, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network.

  • MEDIUM
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • 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