CVE-2008-5328

medium

Description

The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree during an import process.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46995

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK65908

http://secunia.com/advisories/32847

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00722