Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-1840 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server

047910
CVSS 8.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
high complexity
ibm
CWE-668
nessus

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server. IBM X-Force ID: 150813.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idWEBSPHERE_CVE-2018-1840.NASL
descriptionThe IBM WebSphere Application Server running on the remote host is version 8.5.x prior to 8.5.5.15, or 9.0.0.x prior to 9.0.0.10. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. This could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id133272
published2020-01-28
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sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133272
titleIBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x < 8.5.5.15 / 9.0.0.x < 9.0.0.10 Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-1840)