CVE-2008-4294
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.1 before 2.1.0.5 preserves cached user privileges after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation, as demonstrated by a root session that is still valid…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.1 before 2.1.0.5 preserves cached user privileges after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation, as demonstrated by a root session that is still valid after a subsequent read-only session has begun.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ibm/tivoli netcool webtop
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32036Vendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932Patch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ21888
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31414
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32036Vendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932Patch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ21888
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31414
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45419
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.