IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.1.x before 5.1.0.15-ISS-TIM-IF0057 and Security Identity Manager 6.0.x before 6.0.0.4-ISS-SIM-IF0001 and 7.0.…

published 2018-04-20 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5997

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.1.x before 5.1.0.15-ISS-TIM-IF0057 and Security Identity Manager 6.0.x before 6.0.0.4-ISS-SIM-IF0001 and 7.0.x before 7.0.0.0-ISS-SIM-IF0003 store encrypted user credentials and the keystore password in cleartext in configuration files, which allows local users to decrypt SIM credentials via unspecified vectors. IBM X-Force ID: 96180.

Patch / fix

links 1

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21698020 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

www-01.ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg21698020
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/96180
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-6111
NVD CVE-2014-6111

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