CVE-2018-1901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to temporarily gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect cached value being used. IBM X-Force ID: 152530.

Published: 2018-12-12

Score: 5 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

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5`	affected	—
`9.0`	affected	—
`Liberty`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::

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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-2018-12480	IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to temporarily gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect cached value being used. IBM X-Force ID: 152530.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00739.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152530
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738727

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2018-12-12T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:55:40.285Z

Reserved: 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1901

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-12T16:29:01.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:00:34.107

Link: CVE-2018-1901

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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