CVE-2022-22484 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect Operations Center

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

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.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-594c-9jx7-c63x.

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