CVE-2013-5440 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, and 9.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the presence of file content after a failed installation.

Published: 2013-12-18

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:9.1:::::::*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-5280	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, and 9.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the presence of file content after a failed installation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR48095
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21659957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87816

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Infosphere Information Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2013-12-18T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:15:20.280Z

Reserved: 2013-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5440

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-18T16:04:33.617

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-5440

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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