CVE-2023-37540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Sametime Connect desktop chat client includes, but does not use or require, the use of an Eclipse feature called Secure Storage. Using this Eclipse feature to store sensitive data can lead to exposure of that data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0003.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hcltech	Sametime

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:sametime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0109082

History

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Hcltech Hcltech sametime
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:sametime::::::::
Vendors & Products		Hcltech Hcltech sametime

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00022}`	epss `{'score': 0.0003}`

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-922
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2024-02-23T07:00:59.008Z

Updated: 2024-11-29T15:21:39.809Z

Reserved: 2023-07-06T16:29:45.713Z

Link: CVE-2023-37540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:16:30.483Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-23T07:15:47.700

Modified: 2026-01-09T13:51:50.827

Link: CVE-2023-37540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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