CVE-2014-0890: IBM Sametime

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Connect client in IBM Sametime 8.5.1, 8.5.1.1, 8.5.1.2, 8.5.2, 8.5.2.1, 9.0, and 9.0.0.1, when a certain com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.telephony.*.level setting is used, logs cleartext passwords during Audio/Video chat sessions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

Affected products

  • IBM Sametime: version 8.5.1.0 only; version 8.5.1.1 only; version 8.5.1.2 only; version 8.5.2.0 only; version 8.5.2.1 only; version 9.0.0.0 only; …

Published 2014-03-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.