CVE-2009-0508
The Servlet Engine/Web Container and JSP components in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.0, 5.1.1.19, 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.35, 6.1 before 6.1.0.23, and 7.0 before 7.0.0.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files contained in war files in (1) web-inf, (2) meta-inf, and unspecified other directories via unknown vectors, related to (a) web-based applications and (b) the administrative console.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0512)
- Published
- March 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0512 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0013-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0012-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0014-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0.2.3 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0024-2006 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34283(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34876(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24022456(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK81387
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21380233(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21380376(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006876(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34104
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0704(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1188(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1464(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49085
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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