IBM WebSphere Application Server up to 6.0.1 Administrative Console information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Application Server up to 6.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Administrative Console. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1900. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM WebSphere Application Server up to 6.0.1 (Application Server Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Administrative Console. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Configservice APIs in the Administrative Console component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.35, 6.1 before 6.1.0.25, and 7.0 before 7.0.0.5, when tracing is enabled, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified use of the wsadmin scripting tool.

The bug was discovered 07/27/2009. The weakness was shared 06/03/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1900 since 06/03/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38978 (IBM WebSphere Application Server < 6.0.2.35 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87010 (IBM WebSphere Application Server Administrative Configservice API Information Disclosure Variant 1 (PK84999)).

Upgrading to version 6.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51171), Tenable (38978), SecurityFocus (BID 35405†), OSVDB (55077†) and Secunia (SA35301†). The entries VDB-44650, VDB-44649, VDB-44066 and VDB-48405 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 38978
Nessus Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server < 6.0.2.35 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1900 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1900
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48404
X-Force: 51171
SecurityFocus: 35405 - IBM WebSphere Application Server Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35301
OSVDB: 55077 - CVE-2009-1900 - IBM - Websphere Application Server - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22573 - IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 - 6.0.2.34 Configservice APIs Remote Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1464

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/09/2025 20:14
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (67), 09/06/2019 09:51 (8), 04/09/2025 20:14 (20)
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