CVE-2012-2165

low

Published 2012-08-17 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

3.5

VIR risk

3.5

Description

IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x before 7.1.2.7 and 8.x before 8.0.0.3, when ClearQuest Authentication is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to read password hashes via a user query.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606385

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM62740

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.1`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.2`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.3`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.4`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.5`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.6`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.7`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.1.8`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.1`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.2`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.3`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.4`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.5`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`7.1.2.6`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`8.0.0`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`8.0.0.1`
ibm	rational_clearquest	`8.0.0.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.