CVE-2008-5327
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database...
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree.
- Record
CVE-2008-5327- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree.
- Record
CVE-2008-5327- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5304 No score
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree.
- Record
EUVD-2008-5304- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2v5j-9wwc-q332 No score
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database...
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree.
- Record
GHSA-2v5j-9wwc-q332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-5327 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Rational Clearquest, published December 5, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.10%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.