cve-2018-1840
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-12-03 15:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:04
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server. IBM X-Force ID: 150813.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150813VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150813VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767Patch, Vendor Advisory
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