IBM WebSphere Application Server prior 7.0 Web Services Security information disclosure
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A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Application Server (Application Server Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Web Services Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in the Feature Pack for Web Services in the Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "userNameToken."
The bug was discovered 12/05/2008. The weakness was published 12/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5414 since 12/09/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35082 (IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 < Fix Pack 1), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47136) and Tenable (35082). Similar entries are available at 46586, 46463, 45364 and 45363.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 35082
Nessus Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 < Fix Pack 1
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Upgrade: WebSphere Application Server 7.0
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5414 (🔍)
X-Force: 47136
Vulnerability Center: 20179 - IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Feature Pack for Web Services Unspecified Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 32679 - IBM WebSphere Application Server Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33022 - IBM WebSphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 52597 - CVE-2008-5414 - IBM - WebSphere Application Server - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-3370
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/21/2019 16:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/21/2019 16:44 (4)
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