CVE-2025-48709CWE-214CWE-532

BMC Control-M/Server cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs

Medium · published August 7, 2025

CVSS v4.0
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00125 · 2.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-214 · Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information; CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Published
2025-08-07T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 AUG 00:00Z
    BMC Control-M/Server cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs
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