CVE-2022-22484 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect Operations Center
A local attacker can access other users' passwords stored in browser history due to plain text storage in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22484?
CVE-2022-22484 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center, published on 17 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1.12 and 8.1.13 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by plain text user account passwords potentially being stored in the browser's application command history. By accessing browser history, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain other user accounts' passwords. IBM X-Force ID: 226322.
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22484?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22484?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22484 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-22484 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22484 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-594c-9jx7-c63x.