# CVE-2015-5013: Information disclosure in Access Manager

> Authenticated users can access configuration files containing obfuscated plaintext passwords, leading to credential exposure.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h9rg-p4hj-685q

## What is CVE-2015-5013?

CVE-2015-5013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Access Manager, published on 8 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The IBM Security Access Manager appliance includes configuration files that contain obfuscated plaintext-passwords which authenticated users can access.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5013?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Ibm Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Mobile, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5013?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5013 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-5013 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Access Manager

- [CVE-2016-2908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2908/): XML external entity in Access Manager (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-1453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1453/): Command injection in Security Access Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-3029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3029/): Cross-site request forgery in Access Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1477/): XML external entity in Security Access Manager (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-5018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5018/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5013 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Access Manager, published on 8 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Access Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5013/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5013/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5013
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5013
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5013

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