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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-39008
CVE-2021-39008:
IBM WinCollect vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.7 could allow a privileged user to obtain sensitive information due to missing best practices (IBM Security Bulletin, NVD). The vulnerability was disclosed in November 2023 and affects the WinCollect Agent component of IBM QRadar SIEM.
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 MEDIUM by NIST (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), while IBM Corporation assessed it with a score of 2.7 LOW (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow privileged users to obtain sensitive information from the system due to missing security best practices (IBM Security Bulletin).
Mitigation and workarounds
IBM recommends customers upgrade their systems to WinCollect standalone agent version 10.1.8. Detailed upgrade instructions are available in the WinCollect 10.1.8 release notes. No workarounds are available for this vulnerability (IBM Security Bulletin).
Additional resources
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