CVE-2006-0838 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Micromuse Netcool/NeuSecure 3.0.236. The software stores database passwords in cleartext within the /etc/neusecure.conf file and the /opt/NeuSecure/bin/ns_archiver.log, allowing local users to access sensitive credentials. This vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact (confidentiality only). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.236CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:micromuse:netcool_neusecure:3.0.236:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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