IBM Security Guardium up to 11.4 cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Guardium up to 11.4 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-39077. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Security Guardium up to 11.4 (Policy Management Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

"IBM Security Guardium 10.5, 10.6, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 215587."

The weakness was published 11/04/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-39077 since 08/16/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (215587). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/16/2021 🔍
11/04/2022 +445 days 🔍
11/04/2022 +0 days 🔍
07/24/2025 +992 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-39077 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-39077
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212915
X-Force: 215587

Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2022 05:18
Updated: 07/24/2025 00:14
Changes: 11/04/2022 05:18 (41), 12/04/2022 12:38 (12), 07/24/2025 00:14 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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