CVE-2017-1784 Information disclosure in Cognos Analytics
Local users can read sensitive information from temporary files generated by IBM Cognos Analytics, requiring a patch to mitigate data exposure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1784?
CVE-2017-1784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 29 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 could produce results in temporary files that contain highly sensitive information that can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 136858.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1784?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1784?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1784 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-1784 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1784 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-4561 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-51466 IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection
- CVE-2021-29679 Code injection in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-25047 IBM Cognos Analytics log injection
- CVE-2018-1721 IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pm7j-hcwj-f489.