Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2016-5988
Summary
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
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- NETWORK
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- UNCHANGED
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- HIGH
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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