CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-4806

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2014-08-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-08-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-522

Description

The installation process in IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 8.x before 8.6.0.2 iFix 003, 8.7.x before 8.7.0.1 iFix 003, 8.8.x before 8.8.0.1 iFix 002, and 9.0.x before 9.0.0.1 iFix 001 on Linux places a cleartext password in a temporary file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Affected configurations

• ibm security appscan (>= 8.0.0.0 < 8.6.0.2) • ibm security appscan (>= 8.7.0.0 < 8.7.0.1) • ibm security appscan (>= 8.8.0.0 < 8.8.0.1) • ibm security appscan (>= 9.0.0.0 < 9.0.0.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References