CVE-2024-37533

Saved-password disclosure via local connection cache

Published Jul 24, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024

Information disclosure in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 allows physically proximate attackers to read saved user passwords. Information Server Manager retains passwords in its local connection cache without adequately protecting them from another person at the machine. The setting is disabled by default, and disclosure requires a saved password plus physical access to the Windows client computer.

CVSS severity2.4
Low
EPSS probability0.24%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 allows physically proximate attackers to read saved user passwords. Information Server Manager retains passwords in its local connection cache without adequately protecting them from another person at the machine. The setting is disabled by default, and disclosure requires a saved password plus physical access to the Windows client computer.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-37533
Published
Jul 24, 2024
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Vendor
IBM
Product
InfoSphere Information Server
Classifications
CWE-359, T1555
Attack vector
physical
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 24, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=11.7

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorphysical
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · InfoSphere Information Serverversion=11.7

Published CVSS scores

4.6NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.4IBM CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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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)
Vectorphysical
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-359Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
T1555Credentials from Password Stores

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