CVE-2008-4294

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45419

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31414

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ21888

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932

http://secunia.com/advisories/32036

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-27

Updated: 2017-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium