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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024

CVE-2020-4906

CVE-2020-4906

Description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services for Multiplatforms 3.2.4 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.

AI Insight

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IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services 3.2.4 stores web pages locally, allowing local users to read other users' cached sensitive information.

Vulnerability

IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services for Multiplatforms version 3.2.4 stores web pages locally in a manner that can be read by another user on the same system. This issue is described in IBM security bulletin [1].

Exploitation

An attacker with local access to the system, requiring no authentication or user interaction (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), can read the locally stored web pages from another user's session. The attacker simply needs to access the local storage location where the web pages are cached.

Impact

Successful exploitation allows the attacker to read potentially sensitive information contained in the locally stored web pages, leading to a limited confidentiality breach. The CVSS base score is 4.0, indicating a low impact on confidentiality.

Mitigation

IBM has released a fix as part of a security update. Administrators should upgrade to the latest version of IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services as specified in the security bulletin [1].

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Affected products

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Patches

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