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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-9748

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 and 6.0 discloses sensitive information in error response messages that could be used for further attacks against the system.

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