CVE-2018-1840 (GCVE-0-2018-1840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-03 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:04
VLAI
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.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:H/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Affected: 8.5
Affected: 9.0
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Date Public
2018-11-29 00:00
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