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CVE-2008-4294

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• IBM Tivoli Netcool Webtop: 2.1.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32036
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932
• 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
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32036
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932
• 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

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