CVE-2005-1872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the administrative console in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x, when the global security option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-06-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.2% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1874	Buffer overflow in the administrative console in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x, when the global security option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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 0.05181.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111817727120752&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15598/
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24009775
http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/general/WEBSPHERE-001.html
http://www.osvdb.org/17041

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.714Z

Reserved: 2005-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1872

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-06-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-1872

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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