{"id":"CVE-2014-8890","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8890","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:16.928Z","title":"IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the combination of a servlet's deployment descriptor security constraints and ServletSecurity annotations.","description":"IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the combination of a servlet's deployment descriptor security constraints and ServletSecurity annotations.","published":"2014-12-18T16:59:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["ibm/websphere application server"],"epss":{"score":0.0232,"percentile":0.83342,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI29911","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71834","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033384","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99009","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI29911","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71834","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033384","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99009","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8890","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}