VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-4294

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-09-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.1 before 2.1.0.5 preserves cached user privileges after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation, as demonstrated by a root session that is still valid after a subsequent read-only session has begun.

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