CVE-2001-0962 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 3.02 through 3.53 uses predictable session IDs for cookies, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges of WebSphere users via brute force guessing.

Published: 2002-06-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_commerce_suite:3.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_commerce_suite:3.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0944	IBM WebSphere Application Server 3.02 through 3.53 uses predictable session IDs for cookies, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges of WebSphere users via brute force guessing.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01053.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0234.html
http://www.osvdb.org/5492
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/postconfig.jsp?id=4000805&pf=Multi-Platform&v=3.0.2&e=Standard+%26+Advanced+Editions&cat=&s=p
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7153

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server Websphere Commerce Suite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.154Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0962

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0962

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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