VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-0872
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access.
MEDIUM 4.1EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-255
- Affected
- ibm/security key lifecycle manager
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90988VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-unencrypted-credentials-stored-on-ibm-security-key-lifecycle-manager-server-cve-2014-0872/Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90988VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-unencrypted-credentials-stored-on-ibm-security-key-lifecycle-manager-server-cve-2014-0872/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.