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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2019-4562

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 stores sensitive information in URLs. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 166623.

  • 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