What is CVE-2015-7493?

CVE-2015-7493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2015-7493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Infosphere Information Server

CVE-2015-7493

IBM InfoSphere Information Server could allow a local user under special circumstances to execute commands during installation processes that could expose sensitive information.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Infosphere Information Server — versions 8.5, 8.7, 9.1
IBM Corporation Infosphere Information Server — versions 8.7, 8.1, 11.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/90529 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7493?: CVE-2015-7493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2015-7493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.