CVE-2025-48709 (GCVE-0-2025-48709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-01 21:57
VLAI?
Summary
BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.21.300 displays cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs. An authenticated attacker with shell access could observe these credentials and use them to log in to the database server. For example, when Control-M/Server on Windows has a database connection on, it runs 'DBUStatus.exe' frequently, which then calls 'dbu_connection_details.vbs' with the username, password, database hostname, and port written in cleartext, which can be seen in event and process logs in two separate locations. Fixed in PACTV.9.0.21.307.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
  • CWE-214 - Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
BMC Control-M/Server Affected: 9.0.21.300 , < PACTV.9.0.21.307 (custom)
Unaffected: PACTV.9.0.21.307
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Credits
Derrick Polakoff
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