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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-2971

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

IBM Sametime Media Services 8.5.2 and 9.0 can disclose sensitive information in stack trace error logs that could aid an attacker in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 113898.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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