CVE-2014-0872
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials...
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
- Record
CVE-2014-0872- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.5 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
- Record
CVE-2014-0872- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0902 No score
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
- Record
EUVD-2014-0902- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hmcr-j622-757q
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials...
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
- Record
GHSA-hmcr-j622-757q- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - 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-2014-0872 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Ibm Security Key Lifecycle Manager, published April 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.