CVE-2008-5328
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 stores the database password...
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 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 during an import process.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 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 during an import process.
- Record
CVE-2008-5328- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 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 during an import process.
- Record
CVE-2008-5328- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5305 No score
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 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 during an import process.
- Record
EUVD-2008-5305- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vmqr-2593-p593 No score
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 stores the database password...
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7 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 during an import process.
- Record
GHSA-vmqr-2593-p593- 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-2008-5328 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) 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 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.