CVE-2008-4294
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4277)
- Published
- September 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4277 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / tivoli netcool webtop
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32036(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ21888
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31414
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45419
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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