CVE-2008-5327 describes a cleartext password storage vulnerability in the ClearQuest Maintenance Tool within IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 prior to version 7.1. Authenticated attackers can retrieve database passwords by accessing connection profiles or export files where they are stored in cleartext. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (medium severity), this vulnerability allows for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact (C:P/I:P/A:P) via a network attack with low complexity, requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_clearquest:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_clearquest:7.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_clearquest:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_clearquest:7.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_clearquest:7.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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