# CVE-2009-5085: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Attackers can bypass trust restrictions in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager by exploiting stale cookies after deleting a relying-party entry.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2011
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4g82-7r8h-h94r

## What is CVE-2009-5085?

CVE-2009-5085 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before 6.2.0.2, when configured as an OpenID provider, does not delete the site information cookie in response to a user's deletion of a relying-party trust entry, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended trust restrictions via vectors that trigger absence of the consent-to-authenticate page.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5085?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Federated Identity Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-5085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-5085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-5085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-3135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3135/): Unspecified vulnerability in the Runtime in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before 6.2.0.9 and Tivoli Federated Identity (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3136/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3137/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-1319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1319/): Security feature bypass in Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-5083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5083/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-5085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-5085 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-5085

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