PT-2018-6586 · Ibm · Ibm Publishing Engine

Published 2018-03-02 · Updated 2025-03-25 · CVE-2017-1787

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: IBM Publishing Engine versions 2.1.2 and 6.0.5

Description: The issue allows a local user with administrative privileges to obtain hard-coded user credentials.

Recommendations: For version 2.1.2, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. For version 6.0.5, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1787

Affected Products

Ibm Publishing Engine

References · 6

• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013961 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137022 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1787 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1787 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116072 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103252 · Note