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CVE-2018-1498 — IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10

IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10.5 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 141223.

CVSS

6.2 MEDIUM

EPSS

0.04% (top 87.20%)

CWE

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Published

2018-10-02T15:00:00.000Z

Last modified

2024-09-16T19:41:33.648Z

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10.5 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 141223.

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Security Guardium	10.5

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041763
www.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730317
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141223

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