Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-0857 - Information Exposure vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The Administrative Console in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.x before 8.0.0.9 and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_8_0_0_9.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 prior to Fix Pack 9 is running on the remote host. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A cross-site scripting flaw exists within the Administration Console, where user input is improperly validated. This could allow a remote attacker, with a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code within the browser / server trust relationship. (CVE-2013-6323, PI04777 and PI04880) - A denial of service flaw exists within the Global Security Kit when handling SSLv2 resumption during the SSL/TLS handshake. This could allow a remote attacker to crash the program. (CVE-2013-6329, PI05309) - A buffer overflow flaw exists in the HTTP server with the mod_dav module when using add-ons. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow and a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6438, PI09345) - A cross-site scripting flaw exists within OAuth where user input is not properly validated. This could allow a remote attacker, with a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code within the browser / server trust relationship. (CVE-2013-6738, PI05661) - A denial of service flaw exists within the Global Security Kit when handling X.509 certificate chain during the initiation of a SSL/TLS connection. A remote attacker, using a malformed certificate chain, could cause the client or server to crash by hanging the Global Security Kit. (CVE-2013-6747, PI09443) - A denial of service flaw exists within the Apache Commons FileUpload when parsing a content-type header for a multipart request. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted request, could crash the program. (CVE-2014-0050, PI12648, PI12926 and PI13162) - A flaw exists in the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm implementation which could allow a malicious process to recover ECDSA nonces. (CVE-2014-0076, PI19700) - A denial of service flaw exists in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 76995 published 2014-08-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76995 title IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 < Fix Pack 9 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(76995); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/25"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2013-6323", "CVE-2013-6329", "CVE-2013-6438", "CVE-2013-6738", "CVE-2013-6747", "CVE-2014-0050", "CVE-2014-0076", "CVE-2014-0098", "CVE-2014-0453", "CVE-2014-0460", "CVE-2014-0823", "CVE-2014-0857", "CVE-2014-0859", "CVE-2014-0878", "CVE-2014-0891", "CVE-2014-0963", "CVE-2014-0965", "CVE-2014-3022" ); script_bugtraq_id( 64249, 65156, 65400, 66303, 66914, 66916, 67051, 67238, 67327, 67329, 67335, 67579, 67601, 67720, 68210, 68211 ); script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 < Fix Pack 9 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Reads the version number from the SOAP port."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote application server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 prior to Fix Pack 9 is running on the remote host. 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This could allow a remote attacker, with a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code within the browser / server trust relationship. (CVE-2013-6738, PI05661) - A denial of service flaw exists within the Global Security Kit when handling X.509 certificate chain during the initiation of a SSL/TLS connection. A remote attacker, using a malformed certificate chain, could cause the client or server to crash by hanging the Global Security Kit. (CVE-2013-6747, PI09443) - A denial of service flaw exists within the Apache Commons FileUpload when parsing a content-type header for a multipart request. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted request, could crash the program. (CVE-2014-0050, PI12648, PI12926 and PI13162) - A flaw exists in the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm implementation which could allow a malicious process to recover ECDSA nonces. (CVE-2014-0076, PI19700) - A denial of service flaw exists in the 'mod_log_config' when logging a cookie with an unassigned value. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted request, can cause the program to crash. (CVE-2014-0098, PI13028) - An information disclosure flaw exists in the 'sun.security.rsa.RSAPadding' with 'PKCS#1' unpadding. This many allow a remote attacker to gain timing information intended to be protected by encryption. (CVE-2014-0453) - A flaw exists with 'com.sun.jndi.dns.DnsClient' related to the randomization of query IDs. This could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. (CVE-2014-0460) - A flaw exists in the Full and Liberty profiles. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted request, could gain access to arbitrary files. (CVE-2014-0823, PI05324) - An information disclosure flaw exists within the Administrative Console. This could allow a network attacker, using a specially crafted request, to gain privileged access. (CVE-2014-0857, PI07808) - A denial of service flaw exists in a web server plugin on servers configured to retry failed POST request. This could allow a remote attacker to crash the application. (CVE-2014-0859, PI08892) - An information disclosure flaw exists within Proxy and ODR servers. This could allow a remote attacker, using a specially crafted request, to gain access to potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0891, PI09786) - A denial of service flaw exists within the IBM Security Access Manager for Web with the Reverse Proxy component. This could allow a remote attacker, using specially crafted TLS traffic, to cause the application on the system to become unresponsive. (CVE-2014-0963, PI17025) - An information disclosure flaw exists when handling SOAP responses. This could allow a remote attacker to potentially gain access to sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0965, PI11434) - An information disclosure flaw exists. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted URL, could gain access to potentially sensitive information. 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NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_8_5_5_2.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 prior to Fix Pack 8.5.5.2 appears to be running on the remote host and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Numerous errors exist related to the included IBM SDK for Java (based on the Oracle JDK) that could allow denial of service attacks and information disclosure. (CVE-2013-5372, CVE-2013-5780, CVE-2013-5803) - User input validation errors exist related to the Administrative console and the Oauth component that could allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2013-6725 / PM98132, CVE-2013-6323 / PI04777, CVE-2013-6738 / PI05661) - An error exists due to a failure to properly handle by web services endpoint requests that could allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2013-6325 / PM99450, PI08267) - An error exists in the included IBM Global Security Kit related to SSL handling that could allow denial of service attacks. 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