CVE-2008-5328

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree during an import process.

Affected products

IBM Rational ClearQuest: through 7.0.0.3; 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.1.1, 7.0.1.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32847
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK65908
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46995
http://secunia.com/advisories/32847
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK65908
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46995

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