CVE-2019-4703

Sensitive credential disclosure via protection workflow

Published Feb 24, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024

Information disclosure in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 and 10.5.0 allows attackers to obtain highly sensitive credentials via SQL or Exchange protection. The protection workflow exposes user IDs and passwords, although IBM does not publish a more precise code locus or technical root cause. Access requires intimate system knowledge and an adjacent network position; the stated impact is confidentiality loss without integrity or availability effects.

CVSS severity5.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.46%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 and 10.5.0 allows attackers to obtain highly sensitive credentials via SQL or Exchange protection. The protection workflow exposes user IDs and passwords, although IBM does not publish a more precise code locus or technical root cause. Access requires intimate system knowledge and an adjacent network position; the stated impact is confidentiality loss without integrity or availability effects.

The record

CVE
CVE-2019-4703
Published
Feb 24, 2020
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 24, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.1.0
  2. Affected versionversion=10.1.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM Spectrum Protect Plusversion=10.1.0; version=10.1.5

Published CVSS scores

5.3IBM PSIRTCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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