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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2021-38859

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

IBM Security Verify Privilege On-Premises 11.5 could allow a user to obtain version number information using a specially crafted HTTP request that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 207899.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_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