CVE-2014-8890 Privilege escalation in n/a
Remote attackers can gain privileges in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile by exploiting conflicting security constraints and annotations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-8890?
CVE-2014-8890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 18 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the combination of a servlet's deployment descriptor security constraints and ServletSecurity annotations.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8890?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8890?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8890 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-8890 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hvfr-2g2r-mj86.