VDB-231596 · CVE-2022-33159 · XFDB 228567

IBM Security Directory Suite VA up to 8.0.1.19 cleartext storage

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.9	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM Security Directory Suite VA up to 8.0.1.19. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-33159. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Directory Suite VA up to 8.0.1.19. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Directory Suite VA 8.0.1 through 8.0.1.19 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 228567.

The weakness was released 06/15/2023. The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-33159 since 06/13/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1555.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (228567). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Security Directory Suite VA

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.3
CNA Vector (IBM Corporation): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

06/13/2022 🔍
06/15/2023 +367 days 🔍
06/15/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/13/2023 +28 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-33159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-33159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231596
X-Force: 228567

Entryinfo

Created: 06/15/2023 09:18
Updated: 07/13/2023 16:36
Changes: 06/15/2023 09:18 (50), 07/13/2023 16:36 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103