CVE-2016-5960 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 116171.

Published: 2017-06-07

Score: 5.5 Medium

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

IBM

Security Privileged Identity Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0.2`	affected	—
`2.1.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6894	IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 116171.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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 0.00057.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116171

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-06-07T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.795Z

Reserved: 2016-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5960

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-07T17:29:00.460

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5960

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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