CVE-2017-1787 (GCVE-0-2017-1787)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:36
VLAI
Summary
IBM Publishing Engine 2.1.2 and 6.0.5 contains an undisclosed vulnerability that could allow a local user with administrative privileges to obtain hard coded user credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 137022.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
CWE
  • Obtain Information
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Rational Publishing Engine Affected: 2.1.2
Affected: 6.0.5
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Date Public
2018-02-26 00:00
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