CVE-2013-4038 describes a vulnerability in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation within IBM BladeCenter, Flex System, System x iDataPlex, and System x3### servers. The flaw stems from the storage of passwords in cleartext, allowing authenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive information by accessing specific files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authentication (Au:S) and only impacts confidentiality (C:P) with low attack complexity (AC:L) over a network (AV:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
hs22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hs22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
hs22vCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hs22v:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
hs23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hs23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
hs23eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hs23e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
hx5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hx5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.