CVE-2006-2436 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 (or any earlier cumulative fix) stores admin and LDAP passwords in plaintext in the FFDC logs when a login to WebSphere fails, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Published: 2006-05-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0.2:::::::*

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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-2006-2437	WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 (or any earlier cumulative fix) stores admin and LDAP passwords in plaintext in the FFDC logs when a login to WebSphere fails, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

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 0.00745.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20032
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006881
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK17589&apar=only
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-17T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.681Z

Reserved: 2006-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2436

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-17T10:06:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2436

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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