Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Anywhere contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2015-4945)

Summary

A security vulnerability in IBM Maximo Anywhere could allow an attacker to bypass passcode protections to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4945**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Maximo Anywhere contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104520&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Maximo Anywhere 7.5.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download the appropriate Interim Fix or Fix Pack from Fix Central (What is Fix Central?) and apply for each affected product as soon as possible. Please see below for information on the fixes available for each product, version, and release. Follow the installation instructions in the ‘readme’ documentation provided with each fix pack or interim fix.

For Maximo Anywhere 7.5.1:

If assistance is needed in determining the appropriate Fix Pack or Interim Fix level, contact IBM Technical Support. It is recommended that you always request the latest available Fix Pack or Interim Fix.

Workarounds and Mitigations

As an alternative to the Fix Pack or Interim Fix install above, customers may manually apply an equivalent fix by setting the android:exported = false attribute on each Activity declared on the AndroidManifest.xml file.