CVE-2017-1504

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Published Aug 3, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server version 9.0.0.4 could provide weaker than expected security after using the PasswordUtil command to enable AES password encryption. IBM X-Force ID: 129579.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-10520	IBM WebSphere Application Server version 9.0.0.4 could provide weaker than expected security after using the PasswordUtil command to enable AES password encryption. IBM X-Force ID: 129579.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.944% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006803
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100137
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129579

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Aug 3, 2017, 3:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:23 PM
Reserved: Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 3, 2017, 3:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:14 AM

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