CVE-2014-8923

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The (1) IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Active Directory adapter before 5.1.24 and (2) IBM Security Identity Manager Active Directory adapter before 6.0.14 for IBM Security Identity Manager on Windows, when certain log and trace levels are configured, store the cleartext administrator password in a log file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file.

Affected products

IBM Security Identity Manager Active Directory Adapter: through 6.0.14
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Active Directory Adapter: through 5.1.20

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699902
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699902

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