CVE-2008-4294 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can hijack sessions on unattended workstations because cached privileges persist after logout, allowing unauthorized access to higher-privileged sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4294?
CVE-2008-4294 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Sep 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4294?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Tivoli Netcool Webtop.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4294?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2008-4294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vmw6-43v5-r7vm.