CVE-2014-8923

low

Published 2015-03-25 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

1.9

VIR risk

1.9

Description

The (1) IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Active Directory adapter before 5.1.24 and (2) IBM Security Identity Manager Active Directory adapter before 6.0.14 for IBM Security Identity Manager on Windows, when certain log and trace levels are configured, store the cleartext administrator password in a log file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file.

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-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699902

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	security_identity_manager_active_directory_adapter	`{"endIncluding":"6.0.14"}`
ibm	tivoli_identity_manager_active_directory_adapter	`{"endIncluding":"5.1.20"}`

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699902
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699902

CWEs

CWE-200

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