CVE-2017-1787 Hardcoded credentials in Rational Publishing Engine
Local administrators can extract hardcoded credentials from IBM Rational Publishing Engine, potentially leading to unauthorized access and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1787?
CVE-2017-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Publishing Engine, published on 2 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1787?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1787?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1787 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-1787 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1787 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Rational Publishing Engine
- CVE-2021-39019 Information disclosure in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing
- CVE-2021-39017 File upload in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing
- CVE-2021-39015 Cross-site scripting in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing
- CVE-2021-39028 Cross-site scripting in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing
- CVE-2019-4431 Cross-site scripting in Rational Publishing Engine
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q273-3x5q-wqv4.