CVE-2009-0438 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass "Authorization checking" and obtain sensitive information from JSP pages via a crafted request. NOTE: this is probably a duplicate of CVE-2008-5412.

Published: 2009-02-10

Score: 5.0 Medium

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 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2009-0442	IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass "Authorization checking" and obtain sensitive information from JSP pages via a crafted request. NOTE: this is probably a duplicate of CVE-2008-5412.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0021.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK75248
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48528

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-02-10T22:13:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:31:26.254Z

Reserved: 2009-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0438

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-10T22:30:00.530

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0438

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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