CVE-2006-0838: Micromuse Netcool Neusecure

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Micromuse Netcool/NeuSecure 3.0.236 stores cleartext passwords in the (1) CMS_DBPASS, (2) CMSM_DBPASS, and (3) RPT_DBPASS fields in /etc/neusecure.conf, and in (4) /opt/NeuSecure/bin/ns_archiver.log, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: IBM has privately confirmed to CVE that a fix is available for these issues.

Affected products

• Micromuse Netcool Neusecure: version 3.0.236 only

Published 2006-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.