Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 7.0.2 may store user credentials in clear text. A local user could read those credentials, creating risk of account compromise and wider identity-system exposure.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate identity-platform risk. Prioritize remediation where the appliance manages privileged or business-critical accounts, or where many users have local access.
Technical view
CVE-2019-4676 is an information disclosure issue affecting IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 7.0.2. The CVSS 3.0 score is 6.3, with low privileges required, no user interaction, high confidentiality impact, and high attack complexity.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments running IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 7.0.2. Risk is higher where local appliance access is broadly granted or where a low-privileged local account is compromised.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. The issue requires a local user and is described as high complexity, so urgency is meaningful but not internet-wide emergency level.
Researcher notes
Official data names IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 7.0.2 only. No CWE is listed in the supplied record. CVSS indicates confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact.
Mitigation direction
- Check IBM advisory for the supported fix or upgrade path.
- Restrict local user and shell access to the appliance.
- Rotate credentials that may have been stored on affected systems.
- Review accounts with local access and remove unnecessary privileges.
Validation and detection
- Inventory appliances and confirm whether version 7.0.2 is present.
- Review IBM advisory and X-Force entry for affected-version details.
- Verify plaintext credentials are not accessible to non-administrative local users.
- Check logs for unusual local access to the appliance.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.3 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/I:N/AV:N/S:C/C:H/PR:L/UI:N/A:N/AC:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/I:N/AV:N/S:C/C:H/PR:L/UI:N/A:N/AC:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U1.84Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/I:N/AV:N/S:C/C:H/PR:L/UI:N/A:N/AC:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6242348CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-sim-cve20194676-info-disc (171512)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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