CVE-2015-1946 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1946?

CVE-2015-1946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 14 Jul 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5 before 8.5.5.6, and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise 7.0 before 7.0.0.6 for WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 and 8.0, does not properly implement user roles, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1946?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server, Ibm Websphere Virtual Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-1946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

• CVE-2015-1920 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0462 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1377 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3186 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1899 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mrjc-wrm5-v28v.