# CVE-2014-3045: IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.3.3 places an administrative password in the shell history upon us

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-07-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.3.3 places an administrative password in the shell history upon use of the -p option to chuser, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access.

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## References

- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004815

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