CVE-2008-5413

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

PerfServlet in the PMI/Performance Tools component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the (1) systemout.log and (2) ffdc files. NOTE: this is probably a duplicate of CVE-2009-0434.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: through 7.0

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK63886
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32679
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3370
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0423
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK63886
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32679
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3370
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0423

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